Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Entomophthora cf. muscae or ferdinandii or schizophorae spore sprayed out of dead Drosophila

Posted by Ray Perry on 16-08-2018 17:10
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Flensburg, N.Germany, 15th August 2018, drought.

Found this dead fly (is it Drosophilidae), with raised wings, stuck to near the top of my kitchen window. On either side, opposite it's abdomen is a fan of white speckles, almost 2cm long on one side and about a cm on the other side. They appear to have been blown out of the fly. Am I correct in assuming that these specks are the spoor of Entomophthora muscae which infected and killed the host?

Thanks in advance
Ray

Edited by Ray Perry on 20-08-2018 20:37