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Super-Horny ‘Zombie Cicadas’ Might Emerge With a Fungal STD

AND NOW THIS

In case it wasn’t bad enough that two cicada broods are emerging at the same time this summer.

Amanda Yen

Breaking News Intern

Published Apr. 5 2024 2:37PM EDT

Showing a plug of yellow spores where its abdomen used to be, a Magicicada periodical cicada is infected with the fungal parasite Massospora cicadina May 25, 2021 in Takoma Park, Maryland — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Amanda Yen

Amanda Yen

Breaking News Intern

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