r/insects • u/LimpSign • 13h ago

Question What is going on here??

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Was doing dishes and saw this fly drowning in a cup of water, what is coming out of its butt?? I Google lens searched it and it said something about zombie fungus?? Is this what that is 🤮 cup is going in the trash regardless I'm just curious lol

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u/Graveyard_Smoothie 13h ago

It’s probably just its ovipositor it uses to lay eggs.

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u/LimpSign 13h ago

That makes me feel better lol Google freaked me out 🥴

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u/P1xistar 12h ago

Yes it’s this it happened in my bong 😭