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Infected unknown ant

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Description:

An unknown ant infected by a Cordyceps fungus.

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Comments (6)
Liana
Congratulations Sergio! Awesome spotting. Thank you for sharing :) Liana
Sergio Monteiro
Thank you so much, Daniele. Its always a huge honor to have one of my spottings chosen as SOTD.
DanielePralong
Congratulations Sergio, this spectacular case of Cordyceps infection is our Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/pb.10150120463815603.-2207520000.1489705097./10158405891070603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah
Doren B
Very interesting spotting, Sergio. Nice photo, too.

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Arthropods parasitised by fungi
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PublishedMarch 13, 2017

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