A Female Fly After Ovipositing in a Mushroom Cap (VIDEO)

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A female fly (M. marquezi) inside the broken-open mushroom cap, which the scientists studied. Note the extended abdomen, which suggests that she had just oviposited.

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Emily Hartop

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