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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

Also called sink fly, sewer gnat, or sewer fly, the drain fly is a grayish moth-like flying ‘bug’ with a short, stumpy body. As the name suggests, drain flies typically live in sinks and the sludge accumulated in drains. The small gray flies measure around 0.1” (2.5 mm) and usually emerge at night.

Drain fly larvae feed on decaying organic matter, like algae, bacteria, and fungi. They get their food from the film or slime that builds up in drains, pipes, or traps. They may also eat other microscopic plants and animals found in filters around sewage plants. Adult drain flies have a diet consisting of polluted water and flower nectar.