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Nature’s Little Shop of Horrors…..

A new moth species? No. This hawkmoth has been parasitized by an Akanthomyces fungus (a Cordyceps anamorph) until it caused it’s demise (seemingly during a normal resting period) and totally consuming and mummifying the corpse.

I still have this guy sealed in a container precisely the way it was when I found it……

Pu’er, Yunnan, China

See more amazing Chinese insects and arachnids on my Flickr site HERE…..

I would love absolutely nothing more than a collection of fungus-consumed insects, but I’ve only ever found a single ant with what appeared to be a stalk of cordyceps, and it was too tiny to keep intact.

Reblogged 7 months ago from buggirl (Originally from sinobug)
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