New Zealand Fungi

DSC_2345 Sugar icing fungus (Beauvaria bassiana) which has infected a Chorus cicada (Amphisalta zelandica). The dead adult cicada has been killed by this entomopathogenic fungus. Amphisalta are the largest and best known cicadas in New Zealand. Waipori Gorge *

DSC2345Chorus cicadaAmphisaltazelandicadeadadultkilledentomopathogenicSugar icing fungusBeauvariaCordycepsbassianaWaipori Gorge