Summary[edit] Description: English: Magicicada species infected with Massospora cicadina collected in North Carolina. Date: 26 May 2017. Source: Own work. Author: TelosCricket.
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It is sad to see a fly attacked by fungus. After infection, it can take upto 5-7days for the fly to die. "When it is critically ill, it tends to crawl to a high point, straighten its hind legs and open its wings, a behaviour that ensures that the fungal spores are dispersed as widely as possible."WikipediaTony has some excellent information about this fungus and the way it attacks flies.
Object location 49° 05′ 03″ N, 9° 16′ 43″ E: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 49.084167; 9.278611. Summary[edit] Description: Deutsch: Stubenfliege Musca domestica am Fenster, getötet vom Fliegentöter, höchstwahrscheinlich Entomophthora muscae und umgeben von dessen Pilzsporen Die abgebildete Fliege und der Pilz wurden am 26./28. August 2017 von Tony Irwin und Stephane Lebrun auf diptera.info bestimmt, auf Grund meiner (Norbert) Anfrage dort vom 25. August 2017 The fly and the fungus shown here has been identified by Tony Irwin and Stephane Lebrun on diptera.info 2017, August 26th/28th, my (Norbert) question there dated 2017, August 25th. Date: 25 August 2017. Source: Own work. Author: NobbiP. Other versions: .
Summary[edit] Description: English: The fungus Entomophthora muscae has killed a fly and is spreading its spores. Dansk: Svampen Flueskimmel (Entomophthora muscae) har dræbt en flue og er i gang med at sprede sine sporer. Date: 10 September 2012, 08:45:31. Source: Own work. Author: Sten Porse.
"Longitude (deg): -0.1. Latitude (deg): 50.9. Longitude (deg/min): 0ð 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50ð 50' N. Vice county name: East Sussex. Vice county no.: 14. Country: England. Stage: Infection. Associated species: Scatophaga. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: on Scatophaga. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: enlarged. Photographic equipment used: ""35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner."". "
En taillant pommiers et poiriers cette année, présence répétée de cette sorte de mouche, abdomen enflé, morte tête en bas, sur un rameau, le plus souvent près du bourgeon laissé le plus haut. L'espèce de diptère à un point noir sur chaque aile reste à identifier (Scathophaga stercoraria ?), mais typiquement le spécimen montré ici a été victime du champignon parasite Entomophtora muscae.
Longitude (deg): -0.9. Latitude (deg): 51.5. Longitude (deg/min): 0ð 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 30' N. Vice county name: Oxon. Vice county no.: 23. Country: England. Stage: Anamorph. Associated species: Agriotes sputator. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: on click beetle (Agriotes sputator). First British record. Category: macro-photograph. Photographic equipment used: Pixera Pro tethered low-resolution digital camera with bellows and Olympus Zuiko 50mm macro lens.