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DIPTERA, Scenopinidae -- < Images> & <Juveniles> There are few species known in this
family, adults of which have been called "window flies." Immature stages live in decaying fungi and
wood and are at times found in furniture and beneath carpets. A common species, Scenopinus fenestralis
L., is found in carpets where it may prey on carpet beetle larvae. Larvae of some species live in fungi and
decaying wood, where they feed on other insects (Clausen 1940/62). References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
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