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02-07-2007, 04:03 PM
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| | | unknown insect
Can anyone put a name to this lovely creature? Thanks for looking k9  [/IMG] |
02-07-2007, 04:12 PM
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Looks like a fly with some sort of fungal growth to me ....  |
02-07-2007, 05:03 PM
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Classic position for an Entomphorales infected fly to end up. That white stuff is the fruiting bodies erupting from the fly 
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Originally Posted by bugbotherer  Classic position for an Entomphorales infected fly to end up. That white stuff is the fruiting bodies erupting from the fly | I saw lots and lots of dung flies like this (but on top of the leaf) during April. Is this a natural fungus or a method of fairly indiscriminate pest control ? |
02-07-2007, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton I saw lots and lots of dung flies like this (but on top of the leaf) during April. Is this a natural fungus or a method of fairly indiscriminate pest control ? | It's natural but there are quite a few species that even the fungal group would have an interesting time identifying from pics
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wow, you guys really know your stuff. Thanks for the help. Im very new on here so have some catching up to do, thanks for helping us rookies. k9 | | |
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