Bean leaf beetle parasitized by fungus



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Bean leaf beetle parasitized by fungus

Bean leaf beetle that has been parasitized by fungus. Note how the fungus erupts from between the beetle's segments.

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Biological control of bean leaf beetles (July 2003)