If you’re in the mood for a weird scavenger hunt this spring, you’re in luck. Entomologists are asking members of the public to report sightings of adult brood cicadas that have become infested with the parasite Massospora cicadina, also known as the zombie cicada fungus. Those looking will have an easy clue: the…
New research appears to provide a long-sought answer about the mysterious cicadas that emerge after years in the ground: do they eat during the brief time they spend as adults before dying? The study found evidence of plant DNA in the guts of some adult cicadas, but not in the guts of those that freshly reached the…
