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 Entomophthora muscae
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| Gerrit Oehm |
Posted on 02-05-2012 08:58
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 179 Joined: 26.11.11 |
There are sometimes some Fungi (?), which cause the dead of some flies. Does anyone knows more about them? I see often a lot of dead Empididae, there are dead Bibionidae killed the same way as well, as you can see in the following: http://www.dipter...d_id=47016 Are there certain species of Fungi doing this? Thanks for your help! Gerrit Edited by Gerrit Oehm on 04-02-2013 11:36 |
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 02-05-2012 09:16
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Entomophthora muscae is a fungus that kills flies. here are some examples here http://www.bioima...muscae.htm. The fungus grow into the insect's brain to control its behaviour, eg make it climb up to the top of a stem to help the spores to disperse. |
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| Gerrit Oehm |
Posted on 02-05-2012 09:47
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 179 Joined: 26.11.11 |
yes, it looks like the ones I saw... are there similar fungi doing the same or is this the only species like you descibed? Gerrit Oehm attached the following image:  [191.96Kb] Edited by Gerrit Oehm on 02-05-2012 09:48 |
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