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Answer for the clue "Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings ", 6 letters:
sciara

Word definitions for sciara in dictionaries

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Sciara is a genus of fungus gnats that feed on decaying organic matter and fungi, and are often found in greenhouses. Their larvae are up to 6 mm long, white, slender and legless, with a black head and smooth semi-transparent skin which reveals the contents ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings [syn: fungus gnat , sciarid ]

Usage examples of sciara.

But I will not have anything revolting in the region of art, and so I call even Scidoni's well-painted sketch in the Sciara Palazzo.