"The journal explains that when a male cicada becomes infected with this fungus, it will start mimicking the wing-flicking behavior that is typically exclusive to female cicadas. Other male cicadas will be lured in, thinking it’s a female cicada wanting to mate. Since cicadas are not sexually dimorphic, it is hard to distinguish between a male and female.

Once the interested cicada flocks to the infected cicada to mate, the infected cicada will attempt to transfer the fungus over to its peer. Then, the Massosopora will begin to eat away at the cicada's abdomen from the inside, filling it up with yellow fungal spores. Not only will the now zombie-like cicada lose half its body to this ferocious fungus, but it will be brainwashed and tricked into performing female mating rituals in order to continue spreading the virus. Think of it as a living death—the cicada will continue to exist, but in a mutated life form."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/zombie-cicadas-spotted-united-states-180...

Well, that's terrifying.