Infected Fruit Fly (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Infected Fruit Fly

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A puppeteer fungus infects a fruit fly and takes over its brain, making it open its wings to let fungal spores spread widely from its abdomen.

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Carolyn Elya photo, UC Berkeley

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