Hypersexual ‘zombie’ cicadas infected with parasitic fungus being collected by scientists
With the emergence of cicada broods this summer, scientists have begun collecting specimens of cicada infected with a mysterious parasitic fungus that takes over the insects and turns them into hypersexual "zombies" on amphetamine with the aim of spreading the parasite to other hosts.West Virginia University mycology professor Matt Kasson told The Associated Press that he traveled to the Morton Arboretum outside Chicago with his 9-year-old son Oliver and graduate student Angie Macias with the objective of tracking down infected […]
