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Katydid covered in fungus - closeup, Andasibe, Madagascar This looks to be a dead katydid/cricket entirely covered in some fungus. Possibly a cordyceps:<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/25035328041" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/25035328041</a><br /> <br /> Another suggestion: Beauveria<br /> <br /> Pretty weird, as is expected on a Christant path (only 3 people in the world get that reference).<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86492/katydid_covered_in_fungus_andasibe_madagascar.html" title="Katydid covered in fungus, Andasibe, Madagascar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/86492_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=g4OJAx9kREOAWWOVe%2F7XC7CdnoU%3D" width="80" height="152" alt="Katydid covered in fungus, Andasibe, Madagascar This looks to be a dead katydid/cricket entirely covered in some fungus. Possibly a cordyceps:<br /> https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/25035328041<br /> <br /> Another suggestion: Beauveria<br /> <br /> Pretty weird, as is expected on a Christant path (only 3 people in the world get that reference).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86491/katydid_covered_in_fungus_-_closeup_andasibe_madagascar.html Africa,Andasibe,Beauveria bassiana,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,World" /></a></figure> Africa,Andasibe,Beauveria bassiana,Christant Path,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,World Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Katydid covered in fungus - closeup, Andasibe, Madagascar

This looks to be a dead katydid/cricket entirely covered in some fungus. Possibly a cordyceps:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/25035328041

Another suggestion: Beauveria

Pretty weird, as is expected on a Christant path (only 3 people in the world get that reference).

Katydid covered in fungus, Andasibe, Madagascar This looks to be a dead katydid/cricket entirely covered in some fungus. Possibly a cordyceps:<br /> https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/25035328041<br /> <br /> Another suggestion: Beauveria<br /> <br /> Pretty weird, as is expected on a Christant path (only 3 people in the world get that reference).<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86491/katydid_covered_in_fungus_-_closeup_andasibe_madagascar.html Africa,Andasibe,Beauveria bassiana,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,World

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The Beauveria bassiana

''Beauveria bassiana'' is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the entomopathogenic fungi. It is being used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests such as termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and different beetles. Its use in the control of bedbugs and malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation.

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Similar species: Hypocreales
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 12, 2019. Captured Jul 19, 2019 12:33.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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