The butterfly inside the cocoon is clearly formed. I wonder if the larva already carried the fungus's spores when it made the cocoon, or if the fungus instaled later in the process.
Now that you mentioned it, bayucca, I think you're right. I also think that I must stop edditing my photos late at night, after a whole day walking in the bushes. That makes my brain cells slow down... thank you for showing me that.
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What hungry scavenger insect will be lucky enough to find this morsel?
Hey, Sergio, come on! Just give your brain a little rest with a cool beer! :-))
Now that you mentioned it, bayucca, I think you're right. I also think that I must stop edditing my photos late at night, after a whole day walking in the bushes. That makes my brain cells slow down... thank you for showing me that.
Or parasited with fungi??