Cheese skipper

…The cheese fly family is small, with a body length of less than 5 mm. The representative species, the cheese fly Piophila casei , is distributed throughout the world, and is particularly well-known in Europe for its larvae that appear in high-protein stored foods such as cheese, bacon, and dried meat. The larvae have the habit of curling up their bodies and then suddenly stretching them out, causing them to jump up in recoil, hence the name cheese skipper. The larvae of the Agromyzidae (leafminers) are leaf-mining larvae that leave feeding marks unique to their species. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…チーズバエ科は小型，体長は5mm以下，代表種チーズバエPiophila caseiは世界中に分布し，とくにヨーロッパでは，幼虫がチーズ，ベーコン，乾燥肉など高タンパク質の貯蔵食品に発生するので有名である。幼虫は体をまるめて，急にのばす反動でとび上がる性質があり，cheese skipperと呼ばれる。幼虫が潜葉性で種特有の食跡を残すハモグリバエ科(ハモグリバエ)。…

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