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 Anthras anthrax with Anthrax?
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| Siga |
Posted on 13-06-2007 08:07
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Hallo everybody I found this Anthrax in Southern Germany, crawling out of a bee-hole in a trunk. When I returned with the camera about 2 minutes later, I saw a bladder popping up and some sort of ''dust'' on the thorax. Within one minute, the bladder became a little bit yellowish and smaller, and the dust increased. Of course the title is just a joke, but I think it may be some spores of some infection with fungus. to be continued |
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| Siga |
Posted on 13-06-2007 08:12
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I made a photo of that too. Watching the ''dust'' increasing, I wanted to make another photo, but there was a spider catching the Anthrax, so I got only one more photo, which is rather bad. But anyway, you can see the mass of greenish dust. Perhaps someone knows something more Best regards, Siga |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-06-2007 20:55
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I suggest that the dust is pollen from the bee's nest. It would be unusual for a fungal disease to produce fruiting bodies in the areas on the fly shown in the photos.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-06-2007 21:08
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the spider is Salticus sp. (perhaps scenicus). |
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| Siga |
Posted on 14-06-2007 06:26
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Tony wrote I suggest that the dust is pollen from the bee's nest. It would be unusual for a fungal disease to produce fruiting bodies in the areas on the fly shown in the photos. I saw the fly coming out of its exuvia, which was sticking in the entrance of the hole in the wood. Beside the less than two minutes, where I got my camera, I watched it all the time. And between those two minutes, I am quite shure it didn't move at all from beside the hole, its wings not yet grown to full size. No chance, that it picked up any pollen. I also pulled out the exuvia afterwards. No trace of ''dust'' there. Besides that, I saw the amount of ''dust'' increasing. Jorge wrote the spider is Salticus sp. (perhaps scenicus) I hope, it didn't catch a poisening from the fungus  Thanks so long Siga |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 16-06-2007 10:58
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Antheax anthrax, the smoky wings and poorly defined markings and more elongate body than usual can all be accounted for by its teneral condition |
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but don't see the image in the post.