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“Massospora cicadina has been observed in cicadas in more than half a dozen states — both those belonging to Brood XIII, which emerges every 17 years and is concentrated in Illinois, and of Brood XIX, a 13-year group that is distributed across much of the southeast.
The fungus is easy to spot because it replaces cicada’s backends with what looks like a “chalky white gum drop,” according to Matt Kasson, a professor of forest pathology and mycology at West Virginia University.
“We nicknamed the cicadas “Longwalker” because of the similar biological impulse with the real person: rubbed their dick off from stroking too much, sex crazed and ready to pump its white infection into anything male or female.” Continued Prof. Kasson.
“As part of that effort, the fungus also makes cicadas hypersexual. Typically, male cicadas make a loud mating call to attract females, who respond by flicking their wings. Infected males, in their fungus-fueled quest for world domination, will also pretend to be females to mate with other males.
Just like Longwalker.”
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