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Entomopthora muscae
A fly being consumed by a fungus. The fly has a green thorax The rest of the body is covered by what looks like white cotton.
Found on the underside of a leaf in our vegetable garden.
Spotted on Sep 19, 2022
Submitted on Nov 1, 2022
5 Comments
Hi tomk3886! A common name that is used for this fungus is Fly Death Fungus. I guess this is a small fly so the legs are long in relation to the body.
A good candidate is a Long-legged Fly of Condylostylus sp. https://bugguide.net/node/view/42317
Thanks for the link arne. Seems to be spot on.
Yes, a cool find. It is probably a fungus like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophth...
Thanks Jae. It did not move while I observed it. But it was early in the morning when many insects are inactive.
What a cool find, tomk3886! Was the fly still able to fly btw? Thanks for sharing.