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Megalagrion fungus Wainiha 0251

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July 21, 2010. Wainiha Valley. Fungus growing from a Megalagrion nymph. This may have been an empty skin but the amount of fungus and the fact that it was on the underside of a leaf makes me think it was an entomophagic fungus that killed the nymph.

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