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Sugar Icing Fungus

Beauveria bassiana

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

A dead robberfly infected with sugar icing fungus - 'a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease'

Habitat:

sub tropical forest

Notes:

I spotted this near Gingers Paradise, first time I've seen it infect a wasp. I also spotted a katydid and grasshopper infected with fungus.

Reference Links:

Beauveria bassiana

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Comments (2)
Sckel
I love this guy with whipped cream
John La Salle
Nice picture - and neat to see an entomopathogenic fungus in action. The insect isn't a wasp - it is actually a big predatory fly. Robber fly in the family Asilidae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

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