Amphipsalta zelandica, New Zealand's chorus #cicada, is gorgeous. It's funny how when you return to your home country, you realise that the cicada sounds are unique and, therefore, #nostalgic #bugsky

A beautiful mycosed #moth too

Also, on the hiking track, here is a magnificent New Zealand Huhu beetle, likely infected with #Beauveria sp., though still early stage infection - there appears to be conidiophores on the left antenna 😍

Cordyceps sinclairii is an #entomopathogenic fungus that infects #cicada nymphs in soil, I found a few of these while hiking in Abel Tasman NP in New Zealand, and just had to dig one up, to see the host! It's like digging up a tiny potato 🥔 #fungi