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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths and caterpillars covered by fungus
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Moth with Unknown Growths
Copyright © 2008 crwpitman

Moth with Unknown Growths
Mount Uniacke, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 29, 2008
Size: Less than an Inch
So I found this this morning. It appears to be a dead moth, which has possibly been dead for a few days. Maybe from a spider? It was stuck there. But I have no idea what the tentacle like appendages are protruding from the abdomen. I wouldn't have thought it was a moth at one point other than the wings. Would this be eggs or puppae from a parasitic insect? This was taken in Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. This morning, so 8/29/2008. Possibly some kind of mold or lichen as well I suppose?
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Contributed by crwpitman on 29 August, 2008 - 1:43pm
Last updated 21 May, 2013 - 12:59pm

I think this is still useful on the pathogenic fungi page
Moved from Frass.
… metrioptera, 4 April, 2013 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Moths.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 April, 2013 - 5:56am login or register to post comments

Pathogenic fungi
See this page for many other images of insects and spiders killed by fungi. I've just added your image to it. The video link there will give you a better sense of what's going on here...
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