Dead caterpillar with parasitic fungus

Dead caterpillar infected with a parasitic fungus. The fungus infects the living caterpillar, growing internally. It eventually kills its host before growing through the body wall to disperse its spores. Mt Baldy, North Queensland, Australia

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