Submitted by a resident on Greenbrier Drive. NNI insect from East Asia.
Host: Viburnum dentatum
Somehow managing to grow in the planter and no one has gotten rid of it yet.
Neither of these were flowering but one of a similar height nearby was. The spathe already looked a little wilted even though I didn’t see any of these on the 19th.
Host - Alnus acuminata
@nancyasquith do you know this?
Imaged with dissection microscope
Deceased but in a position that makes it look alive. I never seen a fly die like this. Is it just too recent for the muscles to relax? What might have killed it?