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What does this?
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

What does this?
Jim Thorpe, PA, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 17, 2006
Bottle Fly right? anyway-what takes flies-any species and sticks them to the bottom of leaves--dead I guess--and then a bit later the look like this. I found many many of these.

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 18 December, 2006 - 11:06pm
Last updated 27 May, 2009 - 3:05pm

Its a type of fungus. Some i
Its a type of fungus. Some insects when they are affected, will change their behavior to better ensure the life cycle of the fungus.
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Thanks ^_^ I was reading mo
Thanks ^_^ I was reading more on this earlier. Nasty fungus!!
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