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A dead Monkey Hopper (Eruciinae subfamily) infested by a type of parasitic insect fungi. It is clearly seen that it is being parasitised as white fungi are seen growing between body exoskeleton segments. The whole grasshopper is 37mm in length.
Spotted this on a plant leaf along a forest trail in Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah.
>>>Map accuracy: 100m diameter. Spotted this with Dan during our night walk in one of the forest trails.
Spotted on Jan 23, 2014
Submitted on Mar 31, 2014
4 Comments
That is why I always bring a ruler.
I am playing safe as rulers never lie :-)
No problem. Even 37mm sounds too small. I saw so many things I can't remember the exact size, but I thought this was a big one.
You are right Dan!
It should be 37mm.
I am not sure how I get 16mm in there.
Thanks for noticing that error.
I was just about to post my spot of this one but I thought it was much bigger than 16mm. Is that just a typo? I thought it was about 76mm.