Puppeteer Fungus at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Entomophthora sp. (genus) | 20 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Entomophthora sp. (genus) | 20 Sep 2020 | JonSteinbeck |
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The first photos is the fly that I reported at 4300951 and it is still stuck to the fly screen after over a month. I read that the appearance of the fly, with its wings unnaturally high assists the spread of the fungal spores. I have not noticed any increase in the spores on the initial fly.
I have however seen two other possible cases of this fungus around my garden. The the next two shots show half a fly, and I wonder if the spores led to an 'explosion' in the fly's abdomen. This fly is a good 20 metres away from the first and well around a corner.
The final shot is of a fly that was about 1 metre away from the second fly but has since disappeared, possibly from strong wind.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098020-35.333265
- Altitude 610.9m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 23 Aug 2020 11:21 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Collections
Fungi Other fungi Not moulds BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Entomophthora sp. (genus)
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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