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Dead flies

Dead flies
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 3, 2009

Maybe Anthomyiidae
Maybe Anthomyiidae

Were they hanging
from the underside of the leaf?

 
No, they were upright.
I've heard or read that the fungus causes the flies to get into a mating position before they die, to better spread the fungal spores. Very clever those fungi!

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