Return of the Zombie Cicadas (VIDEO)

West Virginia University

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Researchers with the Kasson Lab at the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design collect cicadas in southeastern West Virginia in 2020. They discovered that cicadas infected with Massospora unknowingly engage in trickery with their fellow insects, resulting in disease transmission.

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Kasson Lab at West Virginia University

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