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Entomophthora sp. (genus)

Puppeteer Fungus at Kambah, ACT

Entomophthora sp. (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 7 Nov 2020
Entomophthora sp. (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 7 Nov 2020
Entomophthora sp. (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 7 Nov 2020
Entomophthora sp. (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 7 Nov 2020
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Entomophthora sp. (genus) 9 Nov 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 8 Nov 2020 Shazw

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2 comments

   9 Nov 2020
The puppeteer fungus does a pretty gruesome thing to flies you can read about it at athttps://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/flies-meet-gruesome-end-under-influence-of-puppeteer-fungus/
Shazw wrote:
   9 Nov 2020
Thanks Michael - very interesting and quite gruesome for sure!

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