AuthorCraik, J.C.A., Wormell, P., Smith, J.E. & Menziel, F.
Year2005
TitleLong columns of "army worms" in west Scotland - the first record of Sciara militaris Nowicki (Diptera, Sciaridae) in the British Isles?
TypePaper
SourceDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 21-27.
IllustrationsLine drawings of male genitalia and colour photographs of adult and larval "armies"
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Describes and illustrates dense columns of the larvae in conifer woodland near Oban, Scotland. Some larvae were reared and the imagines identified. The male genitalia are illustrated.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentSciara militarisa flyAnimalia: Diptera: Sciaridae
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