It's an election year!!
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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13 year where I am in MO. 17 year for WI.
First year we were here, we were basically camping in the rural woods while we looked for a place to buy. It was a heat wave summer and the camper AC wouldn’t cut it so we spent most of our days outside under a canopy playing cards in 100+ degrees. That was 13 years ago. Surprised we didn’t go insane from the heat and cicadas.
It's an election year!!
Is this another gift from China?
“A chalky, white plug erupts out, taking over their bodies and making their genitals fall off.“
Geeez that’s damn near biblical!
American Only Fans. What a reputation.
Is ANYONE thinking about how the HECK to KILL them?????
Why such hype? We have been through all this before for decades past. Nothing new.
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