The Hard Shoulder - Thunderfly
'The little corn flies are messing with my nerve
endings'
The Free Dictionary
says: “A
small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the
stalk, and causing the disease called "gout," on account of the swelled
joints. The common European species is Chlorops tæniopus.
“A
small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn
after it has been planted.”
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