A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.
  • remon@ani.socialEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    Nah, that has been going on for a long time. It’s just one more species of cordycipitaceae they discovered.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah but my concern is Ireland is not south America. Global climate change it screwing us hard. Unless this is some random occurrence.

      • remon@ani.socialEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        These aren’t new to Ireland, though. Gibellula pulchra, a close relative to the newly discovered one here, has a worldwide distribution.