Pestilence in Nature
This list includes organisms that are affected from any kind of affliction, such as parasitism or disease- including fungal infections, parasitism, galls, blight, cankers, leaf spot, mealybugs, aphids, mange, tick infestation, chytridiomycosis, mite infestation, white-nose syndrome, caterpillar infestation damage, parasitic plants, etc.
Christine Young created this list 7 years ago
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Rabbit (or Dog) Tapeworm - Taenia pisiformis -
Plasmodium falciparum Smear -
Epifagus virginiana -
Pale Bramble Rust (Kuehneola uredinis) -
Nymph infected with Serratia marcescens -
Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) infected Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexxipus) -
Apple Scab - Venturia inaequalis -
Apple Scab - Gymnosporangium sp. or Venturia inaequalis? -
Zombie Fungus (Ophiocordyceps) on Cicada Nymph -
Cotesia congregata -
Juniper Mistletoe -
Leaf Mine on Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) -- Chirosia gleniensis?? -
Caterpillar Mummy -
Stink Bug Eggs (Pentatomidae) -
Love vine - Cassytha filiformis -
Plicosepalus acaciae -
Caterpillar Cadaver -
Cedar-Quince Rust - Gymnosporangium clavipes -
Cronartium quercuum -
Aceria triplacis Galls -
Paraisaria gracilloides -
Cordyceps tuberculata on moth, La Isla Escondida, Colombia -
Eulophid Wasp Pupae - Family Eulophidae -
Dead/Parasitized Caterpillar