Friday, 11 June 2021

This is an artist's interpretation of a type of parasitic fungus that infects and zombifies Tardigrades (Water Bears). The spore injects itself into the critter's cuticle and then grows inside it until it kills it by way of organ crushing. Then it sprouts to start the cycle again. Not an insect oof

This is an artist's interpretation of a type of parasitic fungus that infects and zombifies Tardigrades (Water Bears). The spore injects itself into the critter's cuticle and then grows inside it until it kills it by way of organ crushing. Then it sprouts to start the cycle again. Not an insect oof submitted by /u/EDGEwild
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/Entomology/comments/nxj8ba/this_is_an_artists_interpretation_of_a_type_of/

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