Horrifying photo captures moment parasitic fungus bursts from huge spider’s body | Live Science
“While it is not uncommon to encounter insects parasitized by ‘zombie’ fungi in the wild, it is a rarity to witness large spiders succumbing to these fungal conquerors,” García-Roa wrote in a BMC Ecology and Evolution editorial released Friday (Aug. 18). “In the jungle, near a stream, lies the remains of a conquest shaped by thousands of years of evolution.”
Also nice.