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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Unidentified Fungus-ridden Flies
Photo#1579362
Fly parasitism?
Copyright © 2018 Lew Scharpf

Fly parasitism?
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
August 21, 2018
Size: 6-8 mm length
Has this fly undergone some type of parasitism?
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 21 August, 2018 - 5:26pm
Last updated 21 August, 2018 - 10:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 21 August, 2018 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

Hard to tell what the fly is,
Hard to tell what the fly is, but it just looks like a sufficiently hairy fly (tachinidae?) died and began rotting from fungus.
… StalwartStoic, 21 August, 2018 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I agree with tachini
Thanks. I agree with tachinidae and the fungal rotting sounds very plausible.
… Lew Scharpf, 21 August, 2018 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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