Psychoactive parasitic fungus turning cicadas into hyper sexual ‘zombies’ – The Cairns Post

Researchers have found a new population of cicadas infected with a parasitic psychoactive fungus turning them into zombie cicadas obsessed with mating.
The cicadas, found in three states across the US, are infected with a fungus known as Massospora, which researchers say “manipulates male cicadas into flicking their wings like females” which is “a mating invitation”.
The “trickery” tempts males to mate with other male cicadas, which researchers from West Virginia University believes helps to s…

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