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vanita79 dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan 14, 2020

I guessed this is a bee sitting on a tomato leaf. Is it a bee? We've got petunias near by.. Is it a honey bee?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 14, 2020

This is a muscoid fly that has been attacked by an entomopathogenic fungus. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophthora_muscae for an example.

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vanita79 dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan 18, 2020

Wow! Thanks.. So that's the reason why it's still there on the same leaf. What do you suggest I do, tear the leaf out and let it go or let it be on the plant. Does it harm the plant. Can I keep it in an area with fruit flies so the fruit flies cat h the fungus and stop spreading?

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vanita79 dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan 18, 2020

I'd read earlier it could be a fly that arrives before spring to feed on nectar.. but I can't seem to find much info about muscoid flies.. How can I know them better? Though there's just one around, I'm still curious to know.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 18, 2020

It will not harm the plant in any way, so you may simply leave it be. 'Muscoid flies' comprise a very large group; house flies perhaps are the best known of them.

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vanita79 dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan 19, 2020

Thnx

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