In keeping with the Halloween theme today's post is about zombies, though not the brain eating, undead, human kind these are insect zombies. These bad boys are made from contact with fungi that penetrate the insect then turn into a yeast that takes over the insect functions causing it to lose contact with the other insects. It eventually summits meaning it will climb to the top of a plant where a stalk from the planted spores will sprout out of the insect's head and release more spores starting the whole process over. So far there is no danger to humans and according to researchers there is little to no chance of that happening...I guess we'll see!
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