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Jim,

Bizarre and interesting! It's a rough world out there. :wink:

... Ken's gonna like these...

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A bonus pollinator?

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Charlie wrote:
... Ken's gonna like these...
You bet and if Doug see's it, he will too! :smt023 I have never seen a spider with Cordyceps, this is great but well...not for the Jumper though I suppose. :lol: I wonder how it got a snoot full of spores anyway? :-k

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Ken Ramos wrote:Charlie wrote:
... Ken's gonna like these...
You bet and if Doug see's it, he will too! :smt023 I have never seen a spider with Cordyceps, this is great but well...not for the Jumper though I suppose. :lol: I wonder how it got a snoot full of spores anyway? :-k
There were two of them in the cedar tree, the other had progressed to just a white mass of filaments, but this one still had the lovely fruiting bodies. But I suspect it does bode ill for the rest of the jumpers in the cedar tree…
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Got any other detailed views of it? This fungi is intriguing in how it affects insects, just glad it has not mutated to humans. :lol:

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Ken Ramos wrote:Got any other detailed views of it? This fungi is intriguing in how it affects insects, just glad it has not mutated to humans. :lol:
Did you look at the link in my first post and what would you like to see?

And who says it hasn't? :shock:
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jlkramer wrote/asked:
Did you look at the link in my first post and what would you like to see?
Opps, sorry :oops: My mistake, I think you have sufficently satisfied my curiosity, thanks :D . Those are awesome, I have never seen nothing like that around here since I first started looking for infected insects. :D

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Harold Gough wrote:A bonus pollinator?

Harold
I thought I was looking at anthers. I ordered that scratch repair kit for my specs just in time!

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Harold Gough wrote:
Harold Gough wrote:A bonus pollinator?

Harold
I thought I was looking at anthers. I ordered that scratch repair kit for my specs just in time!

Harold
I wondered it that wasn't what you were thinking well after I read your post, along with what is the correct word for a "Sporinator?" :)
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WOW :shock: an Incredible find Jim. Cordyceps all the way. just look at those cold dead eyes. Just imagine the brain being eaten away by a fungus. The yellow section looks fresh :roll:. I have had no luck this year finding any specimens of Cordyceps :cry:
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Very impressive find and captures! Super cool, even though a bit gross!
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You know I saw a talk on TED , where this guy had developed a pesticide using fungi. Seems he completely eliminated the carpenter ants that were infesting his home by infecting them with spores and they never came back, the ants that is. :D

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Ken Ramos wrote:You know I saw a talk on TED , where this guy had developed a pesticide using fungi. Seems he completely eliminated the carpenter ants that were infesting his home by infecting them with spores and they never came back, the ants that is. :D
If you do a quick Google on Cordyceps there is a fair bit of info on its use as an insecticide. But now I have to risk looking foolish and ask what TED is?
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Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:Very impressive find and captures! Super cool, even though a bit gross!
When you really think about it, all the fun stuff in life is really gross. :D
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