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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Leaf Mines (Nefusa ambigua) on Viola sp. -
Blotch Mine on Maple (Acer sp.) - Phyllonorycter sp.?? -
Blotch Mines on Oak (Quercus sp.) - Gracillariidae?? -
Mallow Rust - Puccinia malvacearum -
Entomophthora muscae in Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) Host -
Ladybird Harmonia axyridis parasitized by Hesperomyces virescens -
Coral Spot - Nectria cinnabarina -
White Mold on Mushrooms (Mycena sp.) -
Galls on Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) - Aceria caulis -
Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) Infected with Entomophthora muscae -
Golovinomyces magnicellulatus -
Fungus on Acorn -
Bolete Eater - Hypomyces chrysospermus -
Rhytisma punctatum on Moose maple (Acer pensylvanicum) -
Bolete Eater - Hypomyces chrysospermus -
Leaf folder Larvae - Family Tortricidae(?) -
Monarch Caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) Infected with Black Death (Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus) -
Caterpillar Cadaver -
Ectoparasitic Mites (Larvae) - Leptus sp. -
Powdery Mildew - Erysiphe cichoracearum -
Spider Pathogen - Gibellula sp. -
Gall/Medallion Crab - Pseudocryptochirus viridis -
Grape Leaf Petiole Gall - Neolasioptera vitinea -
Small Broad-Tailed Smooth-Scaled Gecko