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Jul 26, 2020 13:48:16   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
fungus on dead bug


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Jul 26, 2020 14:14:22   #
BBurns Loc: South Bay, California
 
tinusbum wrote:
fungus on dead bug
The infamous 'Zombie Fungus'.

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Jul 26, 2020 14:14:41   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Weird, yes. Unusual, no.
There are many fungal parasites of insects.
Cordyceps is one, which this may be.
Large fruiting bodies, bearing the spores.
Some fungal parasites control the infected insect's behavior.
As it reaches a point where it is ready to sporulate the fungus prompts the insect to accend a weed to the top, where it is breezy, clamp to the weed and go dormant.
If the fungus sporulates, the insect dies.
If conditions not right, insect revives and lives one more day, when the same scene is reenacted. It will continue until the fungus spreads spores.
Bill

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Jul 26, 2020 14:18:03   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
tinusbum wrote:
fungus on dead bug


I meant my reply to be direct, but I misdirected.
Parasites rule the world.
For good or bad, no living organism is immune to them.
Bill

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Jul 26, 2020 14:44:12   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
newtoyou wrote:
I meant my reply to be direct, but I misdirected.
Parasites rule the world.
For good or bad, no living organism is immune to them.
Bill


thats a cheerful thought 🐜

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Jul 26, 2020 15:08:43   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
tinusbum wrote:

A pretty cool find. Reminds me of this cartoon.



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Jul 26, 2020 16:02:52   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
A pretty cool find. Reminds me of this cartoon.


🤔😳

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Jul 26, 2020 19:46:09   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
I do believe in aliens...I do believe in aliens. Body Snatchers are real.

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Jul 27, 2020 06:57:25   #
EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England
 
Just when I thought you had climbed to the pinnacle of weirdness you come up with this. I shouldn't stand still for too long if I were you. I have seen fungus on flies but not growth to this extent, good shot and good find. Keep 'em coming.

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