Halloween Challenge
Can you help us create the creepiest social media post for Halloween?
To enter the challenge, add records of Halloween worthy critters or plants to the Backyard Species Discovery project and send the relevant links to bushblitz@awe.gov.au by midday this Friday 30 October. The best images will be shared on Halloween via Bush Blitz social media and the winner will be sent an official Bush Blitz cap.
Cabbage White Parasitoid Wasp (Cotesia glomerata), © janr
This parasitic wasp lays its eggs in the larvae of Pieris species. After 15 to 20 days, the larvae burst out of the caterpillar, killing their host, like in the Aliens movie. Who needs horror movies?
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Here's a fungi that will give you nightmares! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49817848
It was the first thing that came to mind. I'll try to submit if I get some time.
Wow - that is one weird-looking fungus Nick - not hard to see why alternative common names are Bleeding Tooth Fungus and Devil's Tooth. Send your entries to BushBlitz@awe.gov.au by midday Friday everyone! We've already seen a few organisms appear in our inbox that, fascinating though they are, really sent a shiver down our spines!
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