Loaʻa i ka Metarhizium anisopliae nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ascomycetes entomopathogenic fungi, ʻo ia hoʻi me ka beauveria bassiana a me ka beauveria brucella, a pēlā aku, i hiki ai ke hoʻoweliweli i ka insect, hoʻohaunaele i ka metabolism a alakaʻi i ka make.