Entomophthora sp. (genus) (Puppeteer Fungus)
https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w
The Puppeteer fungus infects flies, invading their nervous system and eating them from the inside out. In their death throes, the infected flies – like puppets on a string – obligingly climb to a high point and spread their wings, exposing their abdomen and allowing the fungus to shoot its spores as widely as possible to infect new flies.
Entomophthora sp. (genus) is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Entomophthora sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Puppeteer Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 723m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Maps
ANBG Aranda Bushland Black Mountain Block 402 Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Callum Brae City Renewal Authority Area Dryandra St Woodland Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm Lyneham Wetland Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) McQuoids Hill Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Pleasant Mount Taylor Piney Ridge QPRC LGA Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Reservoir Hill, Lawson Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tuggeranong Hill -
Places
Acton, ACT Bruce, ACT Campbell, ACT Carwoola, NSW Cook, ACT Coree, ACT Curtin, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Flynn, ACT Forde, ACT Garran, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Hughes, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Kambah, ACT Lawson, ACT Lower Boro, NSW Lyneham, ACT Melba, ACT Murrumbateman, NSW O'Connor, ACT Stromlo, ACT Symonston, ACT Theodore, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Turner, ACT Wamboin, NSW
