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Sexually Transmitted Fungus Turns Cicadas Gay AND Horny
Posted on 4/11/24 at 1:18 am
Posted on 4/11/24 at 1:18 am
I'm sure everyone knows about the cicada eruption we are due for this year, but things just got worse.
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Matthew Kasson, an associate professor of Mycology and Forest Pathology at West Virginia University, says both of these broods can be infected by a fungal pathogen called Massospora cicadina.
Once the cicadas emerge from the ground, they molt into adults, and within a week to 10 days, the fungus causes the backside of their abdomens open up. A chalky, white plug erupts out, taking over their bodies and making their genitals fall off.
"The cicada continues to participate in normal activities, like it would if it was healthy," Kasson told CBS News. "Like it tries to mate, it flies around, it walks on plants. Yet, a third of its body has been replaced by fungus. That's really kind of bizarre."
Kasson said the reason the cicadas might be able to ignore the fungus is that it produces an amphetamine, which could give them stamina.
"But there's also something else unusual about it," he said. "There's this hyper-sexualized behavior. So, males for example, they'll continue to try and mate with females — unsuccessfully, because again, their back end is a fungus. But they'll also pretend to be females to get males to come to them. And that doubles the number of cicadas that an infected individual comes in contact with."
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Posted on 4/11/24 at 1:41 am to Corinthians420
I saw one of these crazy cicadas last night.
He was just a hollow shell of his former self.
He was just a hollow shell of his former self.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:03 am to Misnomer
Picked a good year to stop fricking cicadas
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:24 am to Corinthians420
Alex Jones was right again.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 5:22 am to Corinthians420
I would like to have a word with the fungus that is causing this before I blame the cicada
Posted on 4/11/24 at 5:40 am to Corinthians420
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Sexually Transmitted Fungus Turns...Gay AND Horny
Ah, good to know The Boat has an excuse
Posted on 4/11/24 at 6:25 am to Corinthians420
Don’t frick the white arse cicadas. Copy.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 7:27 am to Gifman
I hope that gif is fast forwarded
Posted on 4/11/24 at 9:24 am to Corinthians420
Wait til they become trans.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 10:59 am to Corinthians420
quote:
fungus is that it produces an amphetamine,
I see an opportunity here. Can said fungus be collected and processed into a pill?
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:18 am to Corinthians420
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unsuccessfully, because again, their back end is a fungus. But they'll also pretend to be females to get males to come to them
So theyre not born gay. Just become gay after an STD
Good to know
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:26 am to Corinthians420
If they could harness this gay sex virus and infect the human population then climate change will be solved.
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:57 am to Corinthians420
There are lots of sexually transmitted fungi in the insect world.
I saw quite a few Asian lady beetles last year with their version:
The fungus is the little pale yellow spiky things. It is an STD that eventually kills the beetle. I've only seen it on the Asian lady beetles, which it prefers. That's not a bad deal, being that it can help take some of the pressure off of our native lady beetles that the imported Asian variety is putting on them.
This Spring I've noticed several flies with their version:
This fungus targets primarily the common house fly, but I've seen three different species with it in the last couple weeks, including a hover fly. It also eventually kills the fly. This fungus is being studied as a possible biological control for house flies.
I saw quite a few Asian lady beetles last year with their version:
The fungus is the little pale yellow spiky things. It is an STD that eventually kills the beetle. I've only seen it on the Asian lady beetles, which it prefers. That's not a bad deal, being that it can help take some of the pressure off of our native lady beetles that the imported Asian variety is putting on them.
This Spring I've noticed several flies with their version:
This fungus targets primarily the common house fly, but I've seen three different species with it in the last couple weeks, including a hover fly. It also eventually kills the fly. This fungus is being studied as a possible biological control for house flies.
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