Posted on 04/05/2024 6:47:52 PM PDT by dynachrome
Trillions of cicadas will emerge across several U.S. states this spring in an event one expert dubbed "cicada-geddon." Not only are more cicadas than usual expected this year, but some of them will be "zombie cicadas" that are infected by a sexually transmitted fungus that makes them hyper-sexual.
Periodical cicadas spend most of their lives underground and only emerge after 13 or 17 years. This year, two broods of cicadas will emerge: Brood XIX, which comes out every 13 years, will emerge in the Georgia and Southeast, and Brood XIII, which emerges every 17 years, will appear in Illinois.
With this convergence, the bugs will arrive in numbers that have not been seen in generations.
Matthew Kasson, an associate professor of Mycology and Forest Pathology at West Virginia University, says both of these broods can be infected by a fungal pathogen called Massospora cicadina.
Once the cicadas emerge from the ground, they molt into adults, and within a week to 10 days, the fungus causes the backside of their abdomens open up. A chalky, white plug erupts out, taking over their bodies and making their genitals fall off.
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chickens probably won’t turn white but if you have far more eggs than expected...you may have an infected flock! just flocking with you. chickens are safe with this sexual virus . your kids? watch them close. especially the boyfriends if you have girls.
Note to self - don’t have sex with icky bottomed cicadas and don’t eat them.
Our cats bring me all sorts of little critters. I’ll make sure to explain to them to be more cautious what they eat.
Collect and send them to Klaus.
I hope they become a delicacy among WOKE liberals.
Hyper-sexual “zombie cicadas” infected with sexually
transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year
They’ll be right at home in blue states.
I always thought a good name for a rock band would be Lucretia Borgasm.
(”zombie cicadas”)
I’ve heard that they devour everything in sight
And that they make a cacophony of mind-numbing noise
So I have to ask:
Are these just the cast members of “The View” touring the USA?
have you every wondered why all the LGTBQ+#(*!)@(#*HOSU(ZIJ is going on?
Around here we just call them “drunken college skanks”.
I live in cicada land. They are LOUD! I haven’t seen the horny ones yet but the regular bugs are kind of cool looking.
I smell a market opportunity here! Cicada condoms! I’m going to be rich!
The song of the cicada is like ASMR to me, not as relaxing as the dishwasher or clothes dryer as I nap on my flex-steel recliner after my post lawn mowing shower... in winter the pilot light on the propane fireplace is nice to, subtle but relaxing. I hope the bloom makes to my area, but it might not.
Wow
Dude I gotta quit eating these things!
“the fungus causes the backside of their abdomens open up. A chalky, white plug erupts out, taking over their bodies and making their genitals fall off.”
Can’t be any worse then that Vietnam black clap.
I wonder what happened to that island off the coast of South Vietnam that all them black clap GI’s were quarantined on?
“Tainted Love”!
just what I WAS THINKING!
To what purpose, exactly?
The left sure is pushing the bug based diet crap on us and I guess this sort of thing is the way to do it slowly, to desensitize us to the idea.
Nope.
And I think I can safely say *Never* in this case.
Maybe you should. Take up some other hobby.
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