Sex Crazed Zombie Cicadas
Jun 28, 2024•28 min•Ep. 232
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Episode description
Cicadas are being infected by a parasitic fungi, massospora cicadina, which turns them into hyper-sexual zombie bugs.
To learn more about this fascinating fungi, we caught up with Dr Tommy Leung, a parasitologist here at UNE, to talk about all things parasites, and how they interact with the insect world.
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