Thread subject: Diptera.info :: cf Entomophthora muscae on Musca domestica <== fly on window, sugar or snow around?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-08-2017 23:55
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I think this is a house fly (Musca domestica) which has been infected by a fungus (probably Entomophthora muscae). The white stuff is a mass of spores from the fruiting bodies of the fungus (the cream-coloured bands between the segment of the fly's abdomen).