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  • 'Flying salt shakers of death:' Fungal-infected zombie cicadas explained

    06/26/2019 8:00:48 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 22 replies
    Phys.org ^ | 06/26/2019 | Jake Stump, West Virginia University
    West Virginia University researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called Massopora contains chemicals similar to those found in hallucinogenic mushrooms. The fungus causes cicadas to lose their limbs and eccentric behavior sets in: Males try to mate with everything they encounter, although the fungus has consumed their genitals and butts. Despite the horrid physical state of infected cicadas, they continue to roam around freely as if nothing's wrong, dousing other cicadas with a dose of their disease. Kasson and his team are buzzing along on additional cicada research. They recently collected cicadas from this year's emergence in Pennsylvania and...