jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoA fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panicwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkA fungus is turning cicadas into horny zombies — but don’t panicwww.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaretreefrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 months agoIt’s likely a fungus. Cordyceps do this to other insects all the time. Hijacking insects and using them to spread their spores is there evolutionary niche. Edit: I bothered to read the article here’s a Wikipedia link to the fungus in the article. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massospora_cicadina
It’s likely a fungus.
Cordyceps do this to other insects all the time. Hijacking insects and using them to spread their spores is there evolutionary niche.
Edit: I bothered to read the article here’s a Wikipedia link to the fungus in the article.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massospora_cicadina