Cordyceps fungus parasitizing a wasp. The fungus alters the behaviour of its host before killing it, ensuring the insect will die in a high place, enabling the spores to be spread easily. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, August 2018.
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Cordyceps fungus parasitizing a wasp. The fungus alters the behaviour of its host before killing it, ensuring the insect will die in a high place, enabling the spores to be spread easily. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, August 2018.
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- animal
- animalia
- arthropod
- arthropoda
- ascomycetes
- ascomycota
- clavicipitaceae
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- ecuador
- ecuadorian national parks
- endoparasitoids
- forest
- fungi
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- hexapod
- hexapoda
- hymenoptera
- hypocreales
- insect
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- invertebrate
- latin america
- morley read
- mr
- national park
- parasite
- parasites
- parasitic
- protected area
- pyrenomycetes
- rainforest
- reserve
- sordariomycetes
- south america
- south american national parks
- tropical rainforest
- wasp
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- wildlife
- yasuni national park