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Show Another Enemy of the Fly. Tho lly hns an offoctlvo enomy other than tho hand that wlolds tho swatter. This Is tho parasitic fungus known as tho jTmnusn muscno. This fungus Is n deadly enemy of tho houso lly, and it must destn.- myriads of those pernicious insccU, especially In thfl j fall. Tho IHob may often be seen in dena or dying condition on walls, ceilings and window panes, surrounded surround-ed by a quantity of white powdor i. a., tho sporos of tho fungus which hnvo fallen from tho Insect's body. These spores aro capable of Infecting other flloB which may como In contact con-tact with them. Whothor the flies actually cat tho spores, or merely got them attached to their bodlos, apparently appar-ently Is not known. |