Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pollenia with fungus

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-11-2006 03:37
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Hello!

The warm (16 ?C at 22 o'clock yesterday evening) and damp weather at the moment is not good for all flies... I found many having been infected by fungi (Entomophthora muscae?) in the last few days, like this Pollenia.

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Pollenia_rudis_M_mit_Entomophthora_muscae.jpg


But not all seemed to be infected (on same wall):

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Pollenia_rudis_M.jpg
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Pollenia_rudis_W.jpg