A cordyceps mimicking…. Spider!
Another new discovery with an iNaturalist connection:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/science/spider-cordyceps-fungus-zombies.html
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Sounds cool, it’s unfortunate the article requires a Times account to read.
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Here is a different link
https://gizmodo.com/last-of-us-spider-pretends-to-be-a-zombie-fungus-and-its-bizarrely-brilliant-2000736362
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Robert, I notice that, two years ago, you shared a similar thread about beetles that mimic a fungal infection:
Nature never ceases to amaze! I guess if anything can be mimicked, it will be mimicked.
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