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A Giant Forest Ant (Camponotus gigas) found dead killed by parasites. The culprit is a type of parasitic fungi that preys on insects, Ophiocordyceps sp. This fungi species may only be specialized in growing on this particular ant species. Ants parasitized by this kind of fungus will climb to the edge of a leaf before dying, this is so that the fungi spores can spread further.
Found on a tip of a leaf in Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
>>>Map accuracy: 1000m diameter. Dan's spotting of it http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/234...
Spotted on Jan 24, 2014
Submitted on Feb 23, 2015
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Me too get no notification mails - None for all actions I have checked in profile...!?
That's strange, didn't receive any notification on your comments indeed.
Yes Syzygy, many more strange species and natural phenomena undiscovered by humans. It will be sad if these things went extinct before we even get to know them.
And how many other secrets of life (and death) could accumulate in 4.5 Mrd years of evolution on Earth, stuck hidden from human knowledge!
Only I can follow last comments of Tukup: Thank you Chun!
Cool ChunXingWong. I appreciate the effort you put into a write-up about your spottings. Thank you for sharing the fotos and some knowledge about them.