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Fly with Fungus?
Copyright © 2009 GValHart

Fly with Fungus?
Philly Area, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 21, 2009
Size: 3/4 - 1"
We have dozens of these flying around our property and neighborhood. We've been calling them fungi-flies. Is this some sort of fungus infection or is this fly (we thing it's a fly of some kind) supposed to look like this?
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Contributed by GValHart on 23 June, 2009 - 9:54am
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 10:28pm

Moved
Moved from Woolly Aphids. I think other genera in Eriosomatinae can look like this, besides Eriosoma. I don't know of any that have boxwood or azalea as a host.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 October, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Wooly Aphid
It is supposed to look like that.
… Harry Zirlin, 23 June, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Boxwood
In case it helps, now that I know what it is, they seem to be identified more specifically by their host plant? These are almost exclusively being found on or near my boxwoods and a few i've found on my azaleas.
… GValHart, 23 June, 2009 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

 
Really?
Wow, that's pretty cool...and I'm happy our yard isn't experiencing a fungus problem!
I don't ever remember seeing these before this year and have never even heard of wooley aphids before. I can assume it's a pest? And a fairly large one at that?

Thanks for the ID. I was looking in flies, not aphids
… GValHart, 23 June, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

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