CLOSED: small fly? enlarged abdomen? Maryland

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) May 09, 2010

On a radish flower, so the insect was maybe half an inch

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 09, 2010

This is a muscoid fly, possibly in the family Anthomyiidae - see http://tinyurl.com/2ue3kjo for an example. The grossly enlarged abdomen may indicate that the fly is infected with a pathogenic fungus. See http://tinyurl.com/29k6ccj for an example.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) May 09, 2010

Thanks! This is probably as solved as its gonna get. I never suspected disease, I thought maybe eggs. So interesting!

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