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Fliegentöter

Entomophthora muscae

Description:

The German name "Fliegentöter" for this pathogenic fungus means translated simply "flykiller". It affects mainly Dungflies and Houseflies and causes a fatal fungal disease.

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11 Comments

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Thanks, Jeannette

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Great spotting :)

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Thanks Mayra and Argy

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Super spotting Lars. Looks like from another planet.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow, fascinating! Great capture!!

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Thanks a lot for the help, Keith and gatorfellows - I changed the category to Fungi and used the German name for it since I failed to find an English.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

I agree with KeithRoragen. Here is an example of a fungus and how it effect and looks when it occurs in flies. Not saying that this is the fungus that is on your fly. Just more information and photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophtho...

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Thanks Maria and Gerardo

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Fungus infected fly.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow great shot :)

MariaPomsaharova
MariaPomsaharova 11 years ago

wow. what a shot!

LarsKorb
Spotted by
LarsKorb

Schönstedt, Freistaat Thüringen, Germany

Spotted on Jul 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012

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