Cicadas Contracting STD That Transforms Them Into Hypersexual ‘Zombies’
A sexually transmitted fungal infection, Massospora cicadina, has been detected in southern Illinois and is spreading across the Midwest. This infection, which affects only the 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas, turns them into “zombies” and causes their genitals to fall off. The current outbreak involves Brood XIII in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and Brood XIX […]
