Arachnocampa - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

# Arachnocampa

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Larvae of Arachnocampa limionosa, with their sticky threads

Arachnocampa is a family of flies. They are also called Fungus gnats. They occur in Australia and New Zealand. Their larvae are glowworms.

They were called Bolitphila (mushroom-lovers) until 1924. Then people found out that their larvae use silk threads to catch prey. Their current name means spider-grub.

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