What Is It? Think like a Scientist

“Have you ever heard of a vegetable caterpillar fungus?”

“No, I didn’t think so.”

Vegetable caterpillar fungus is really hard to find. But once when Mrs Bryant was out walking with her friend they saw one. It looked like a stick but it wasn’t. It was a vegetable caterpillar fungus. So what happened to the caterpillar was the caterpillar was infected by the fungus and took its body.

Lily

In our class we found out that a caterpillar used to live in this object. But a fungus grew from inside it where the caterpillar was. Sadly the fungus killed the caterpillar and now the object is called vegetable caterpillar fungus. The caterpillar is now mummified. You can find vegetable caterpillar fungus in the North Island too.

Elizabeth

Today our teacher Mrs Bryant showed the class something small and brown. I had no idea what it was. It was skinny at the bottom and a bit wider at the top. It was very unusual. Then Mrs Bryant told us that it was a caterpillar that a fungus had eaten. I had a fascinating morning.

Isabella