Hey /an/,I came here hoping you could tell me what kind of beetle is described here, if it really exists:Also Real Life: This troper once saw a picture of a beetle with a mushroom growing out of its back. Apparently the mushroom was mind-controlling the beetle to climb to the top of a blade of grass or something, at which point the mushroom would release its spores and kill the beetle.
antlion
the cordyceps fungus mind-controls ants.pic related.
that appears to be some sort of antlion, which is really not a beetle...but the larval stage of a type of lacewing
Yeah, pic is not related (and I am not from /an/)>>265776Thanks- not exactly what the copypaste said, but that troper might have gotten some facts mixed up.
>>265789cordyceps fungus parasitizes many different types of insects
>>265791Yeah, I figured that from wiki/internet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3t4v8PmY_Q
;_;
Antlion?
>>265807where does this comic/manga come from?
>>265858Seconding sauce request
Fungus-controlled?