Entomophthora sp. (genus)

Puppeteer Fungus at Gundaroo, NSW

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Identification history

	Entomophthora sp. (genus)	18 Aug 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	18 Aug 2020	rawshorty

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Sorry about the horrible photo but i didn't have my flash with me and had to shoot at 1/15. I searched flies and Beeflies but could not find anything that looked like this.

6 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Hi Shorty, I found some like this a while ago. The white bands are actually a fungus growing on the fly.

trevorpreston wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Nice sighting. I think this fly is infected with the puppeteer fungus (Entomophthora sp.).
See sighting at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4265765
Sorry but cant help with the fly ID, but think this sighting deserves to be logged as an Entomophthora sighting as well.

trevorpreston wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Heres a link to a bit more info about the fungus if youre interested.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophthora

rawshorty wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Thanks for the info, no wonder i could not find what it was :)

Christine wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Yes, thanks for that information tpreston, I guess that also explains why it did not fly away with your camera so close to it Shorty. It was about 1.5 m off the ground?

rawshorty wrote:

18 Aug 2020

Just checked Christine, it was just above my keg so about 1.2 m :)))

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Aug 2020 11:18 AM Recorded on
rawshorty Recorded by
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Fungi Other fungi Not moulds

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Entomophthora sp. (genus) Scientific name
Puppeteer Fungus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 723m Recorded at altitude
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