20090706 stinging nettle
I think they are really pretty. At least as long as I don't have to touch them.
;o)
A fungi infested fly has decided to die on the leaf. I read a very interesting article about the fungi's effect on insects. When the insect get so infected by the fungi i is going to die, the fungi affects the insect's brain causing it to find some high place to land hold on to and then die. This high position is giving the fungi the best chance to get it's spores spread to infect other insects.
How clever can a fungi be...?
rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/258/1352/187.abst...
www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/features/insects/entomop...
20090706 stinging nettle
I think they are really pretty. At least as long as I don't have to touch them.
;o)
A fungi infested fly has decided to die on the leaf. I read a very interesting article about the fungi's effect on insects. When the insect get so infected by the fungi i is going to die, the fungi affects the insect's brain causing it to find some high place to land hold on to and then die. This high position is giving the fungi the best chance to get it's spores spread to infect other insects.
How clever can a fungi be...?
rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/258/1352/187.abst...
www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/features/insects/entomop...