New York Post
By Natalie O’Neill
Published April 11, 2024, 2:17 p.m. ET
These loudmouth bugs will soon be brainwashed horndogs.
A creepy sexually transmitted fungus is expected to morph millions of cicadas into hyper-horny “zombies” by hijacking their bodies so they’ll spread the infection in parts of the US this spring, according to scientists.
The horror-movie style fungal pathogen, known as Massospora cicadina, will cause the insects mate like crazy in parts of the Southeast and Midwest — as record numbers of the noisy bugs emerge from the ground, an expert told CBS News.