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The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren’t just plentiful, they’re downright weird.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.

Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in many years. Here's where to expect them.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.

These cicadas are nature's kings of the calendar, crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years and singing as loud as jet engines.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.

This is one of the most wild things I've ever heard. Cicadas are going to come out in the billions this summer in the Midwest. Turns out, there's a fungus that can turn them into zombies.