Instead, many varieties of phorid flies are pests predators and can be used as indicator environment of animals. 另一方面,蚤蝇的很多种类还是较为理想的害虫天敌,还可以作为环境的指示动物。
Phorid flies are also important pests on mushroom cultivation industry. 也有作为食用菌栽培业上的重要害虫。
Main way of life of the most phorid flies rely on corruption feeding, dung predatory or corpse predatory. But there are parasitic, with the predatory and plant predatory for lifestyle species. 蚤蝇科昆虫以腐食性、粪食性或者尸食性为多,也有许多以寄生性、捕食性以及植食性为生活方式的种类。
Coax of Phorid is long, femur is brawny, similar to mesh insects. 蚤蝇科昆虫足基节长,股节粗壮,类似蚤目昆虫。