A small shiny black fly whose larvae infest cheese.
Piophila casei, family Piophilidae
Also called cheese-skipper
Example sentencesExamples
- They take a block of cheese, make a hole in it and insert a drop of oil to attract the cheese fly.
- The larvae of the cheese fly are deliberately introduced to the cheese to prompt an advanced level of fermentation and breaking down the cheese's fat.
- The cheese fly consumes any remaining moist flesh at this stage, even though it is uncommon earlier in decay.
- Its features are essentially given by the development of cheese fly larvae within it during the seasoning.