Bug Fung

[David Humphries]

a little place to corall images around the interaction of the above

 

From a collection of environmental photos I caught this morning from the Guardian.........

 

 

Ants harvesting fungi

 

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lets see the relationships you've seen

 

 

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Edited March 6, 2011 by Monkey-D

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

oh this will be interesting! might take me some time but will have a mooch in the massive depths of digital mayhem and see what I can find for you later. great thread idea David

[David Humphries]

remember this from Staverton Tony?

 

 

Haven't id'd the bug yet.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

here's a species that feeds exclusively on fung..........

 

 

 

Endomychus coccineus

 

 

 

 

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[sean]

The hunting grounds.....

[David Humphries]

that's a fine example sean

 

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[Will Hinchliffe]

I found this inside a Ganoderma resinacium. I think its a fungi flea beetle.

I did have a still image but I have misplaced it. I used my lidl microscope to look at it.

 

The fruiting body was quite dry by the time this thing had moved in.

fleabeetle.mp4

[David Humphries]

I found this inside a Ganoderma resinacium. I think its a fungi flea beetle.

I did have a still image but I have misplaced it. I used my lidl microscope to look at it.

 

The fruiting body was quite dry by the time this thing had moved in.

 

 

 

interesting Will.

 

 

if you turn up the subwoofers way up, you can just make it out screeching.............." heeeeeeeelp me !!!!"

 

 

 

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[sean]

some of these relationships are more subtle than others.

[sean]

Fungus-Eating Insects

Fungus-eating arthropods keep fungal growth under control. Moreover, they cycle and release fungal growth nutrients through digestion and excretion of fecal matter. Silverfish are the most prevalent fungus-eating and soil-dwelling insects. These insects live near plant roots to take advantage of the fungus feeding ground that roots supply.

 

 

 

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