In a novel case of egg mimicry, a fungus is taking advantage of hard-working termite nursemaids, a researcher says.
FIND THE FAKES. An egg pile in a colony of Reticulitermes virginicus termites in North Carolina contains both the white, sausage-shaped eggs of the termites, and fungal fakes that apparently can fool a termite despite their brown color and spherical shape.
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