[Syrphidae] Re: Cheilosia with strange things growing on face

[muscapaul]

It probably visited an orchid and picked up pollinaria.

Paul

Op wo 12 aug. 2020 09:36 schreef Sander Bot <botsander at gmail.com>:

> Dear all,
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> Last June I collected a few Cheilosia in the Alps with weird things
> growing on their face. Something like a fungus or so. Have a look at a
> picture of an unfortunate lady Cheilosia rhynchops affected by it:
> https://observation.org/observation/198290575/.
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> Does anybody have an idea what this is?
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> Best wishes,
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> Sander
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