Monday, May 07, 2012 2:44:58 AM
'Zombie' Ants And The Fungus That Saves Them
A zombie ant with a mature, healthy fruiting body growing from the ant's neck. Some damage due to a chewing insect is visible, as is a spider making a home beneath the ant.
A zombie ant with the brain-manipulating fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.) having been castrated by an hyperparasite fungus (white with yellow material).
May 2, 2012
[more at] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/02/151890185/zombie-ants-and-the-fungus-that-saves-them [with comments]
A zombie ant with a mature, healthy fruiting body growing from the ant's neck. Some damage due to a chewing insect is visible, as is a spider making a home beneath the ant.
A zombie ant with the brain-manipulating fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.) having been castrated by an hyperparasite fungus (white with yellow material).
May 2, 2012
[more at] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/02/151890185/zombie-ants-and-the-fungus-that-saves-them [with comments]
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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