The Incredibly Bizarre Story Of Cicadas & Fungi

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[@rawbmar1166]

I'm not sure who this guy is but I could listen to him all day. Passionate and enthusiastic, reminds me of one of those very few teachers in life who gave a shit about you.

[@v3le]

He also looks like James Grime from numberphile

[@MrDrProfessorSir962]

Yo I came to say how much I think he’s hot but above all else how his enthusiasm is what has me so in love with him. And you felt it a year before me. Whoa

[@heavensplayer]

@@MrDrProfessorSir962 thx just came

[@Myron90]

I wanted to click away half way through but couldn't. This guys good.

[@itsmegotdamn1779]

Well said my boy well said

[@edwardraines6430]

Wow, a fungus that turns cicadas into meth zombies. Nature is insane.

[@gwendolynsinclair]

😂

[@jrtien]

Gay, meth zombies...

[@rickgrimes2764]

And people have the nerve to eat them

[@marcusmcquillan1195]

😑

[@blazing_pyro67]

@@rickgrimes2764 "They're turning the friggin frogs gay!" XD

[@AB-wf8ek]

"Finding a fungal infected cicada is rewarding for me because..." pops cicada into mouth, trips balls on camera

[@chuksk8592]

Loses his *balls* like the male cicadas

[@tommyyt9179]

Shutup

[@caseydeshazo679]

I laughed so hard when I read this!

[@dudeman7738]

That man was hanging on to it pretty tight he definitely took it home.

[@Pro_Vs_Con]

LM fuckn ao.. Shit have me rolling.. 😂

[@meehow72]

Material like this should have millions of subscribers. Adam, you know your stuff and you talk about it so passionately. It's truly inspiring. ❤

[@bdubb5390]

He's lying though. No fungus. Glue and Styrofoam. Stop hurting these bugs.

[@lordmoldybutt6361]

I just started landscaping a couple months ago. And it's amazing to be so close to nature like I was when I was a kid. Just the other day I saved a tree frog that was on a magnolia tree we were trimming. Nature is freaking awesome.

[@jocelynkreiser]

Glad you saved the frog 😊 my bf is a landscaper and is always outside! We’re both big nature and animal lovers.

[@randymctavish3728]

Life sucks. I seen a deer give birth and lizard bit it's face off

[@dougvogt8058]

I come here for the mushrooms, but I love the enthusiasm and knowledge that you impart on all of your videos. Thanks.

[@NPC3.14]

he is featuring a fungi! :P

[@mattlourer9692]

He has a video on the red headed woodpecker. You should check it out

[@jnklee]

This video is actually relevant to me as a resident of a "Brood X" region in 2021.

[@xxtinabobina]

Samsies

[@libidinistlyn]

ayyy me too

[@emilynevils733]

Same. In middle TN & they aren’t here yet. Didn’t find a single morel either. Crazy kinda year.

[@zitkalasa7]

Me too

[@harmonyroselane421]

We’re in Northern Maryland, in the countryside, and the sound is ear-splitting. The squirrels and birds follow them as they fly and land on trees. Lunch! The tiny tree frogs eat the dead ones that land in the pond. Ants devour the dead ones to a powder within several hours.

[@jdeluca6181]

My body: It's 7am, you need sleep. KZbin: *Cicadas and fungi (:* Me: alright

[@mydigitalditch]

6:13 am

[@GoodGrimace]

Damn, we all insomniacs here...

[@goodgenes0]

Send help

[@76tattooartist]

Rescue me before I turn into despair

[@morhalperin425]

7:08 lol

[@thomasgeschke9553]

I had no idea that there was a parasitic fungus that effects cicadas to this extent. Also, love your enthusiasm. Thanks for the knowledge!

[@charly_r7003]

I think there is a parasitic fungus for every single species of insects, and it usually servers to control the population of that species.

[@RaptorJesusHimself]

Look up cordyceps fungus

[@animalogic]

I love this!

[@DaimyoD0]

When no one notices that Danielle Dufault/Dylan Dubeau are a fans of Adam Harritan 😏

[@brettflemmens1784]

Funny seeing you here !!

[@thunderkunt5416]

HEY !

[@jodearwester705]

We love you

[@aaronnekrin5150]

Omggfg love you guys!

[@Wendy_Blank]

My Cicadas emerged on Wednesday at 10:31 a.m.. I will be honest, they freak me out with their red eyes. I went to prune my Raspberry bushes and Bingo! there he was staring at me - I was able to get my very first picture of a healthy Cicada in full regalia. I often wonder if the legend of fairies was due to Cicadas.(?) Their wings are gorgeous and look like glittering gold when the sunlight hits them just right. In small groups their song is very Harp or Dulcimer like.-- It is something to wonder about on a late Spring evening. :-) Oh, thank you for the primer on Cicada fungus. I really had no idea about this fungus infection specific to Cicadas.

[@michaelfoye1135]

Cicadas and glow flys certainly go a long way to explaining fey mythology.

[@demonlordotrt754]

Where im from thire jokingly called salt shakers lom

[@HercadosP]

never heard a story of a fairy that can't shut up. :)

[@jaimedelgado7529]

where do u live? i dont think we have these where i live but they are easy to miss if they are only about every 17 years

[@Wendy_Blank]

@@jaimedelgado7529 Pennsylvania.

[@Nono-hk3is]

"...Won't *necessarily* be eating the fungus-infected cicada..." But probably will.

[@sv4653]

Crazy I get this recommended 2 years later since the cicada invasion. Western PA was absolutely buzzing with these critters, and boy was it cool to experience!

[@jocelynkreiser]

I’m an Eastern PA-er and we just had our cicada invasion this summer! It was *so* cool 😎

[@r1ch1o24]

"And although I won't necessarily be eating these Infected cicadas" What do you mean 'necessarily' Sounds like your going to eat them.

[@DJCole34]

Most likely he will be using it as a drug, or harvesting them for this purpose.

[@lapidations]

Not *these* infected cicadas. But he'll eat the other 50 he found off camera

[@RatTaxi]

👀 Mashed Fungus-infected Cicadas on Toast with Fly Larvae on the side. It's what's for dinner.

[@TheDistrict644]

@@DJCole34 lol....I'm thinking the same. Probable for sure, He just didn't want to be the one going full blast with the info.

[@tojesake4564]

Cicadas are actually an ok source of protein and according to my classmates they taste like shrimp. (I'm in the middle of brood x cicadas rn)

[@thatoneguy6725]

These little guys story has always interested me. The fungi part of it is new to me. This is a very interesting and well done video, great job!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

[@swizzleproxi4810]

I was thinking the same too.

[@silver-phoenix]

Hearing those Cicadas reminds me of my childhood growing up in Southern Indiana. Thanks for this video. Informative as always.

[@seanaldrich5024]

I hear ya! I live in Jeffersonville so I know what you mean.

[@jl2000doramail]

When I was a kid in Hong Kong, you could easily hear the sound of cicadas outside of the classroom or parks during summer time. I love the sound which gives me a piece of Zen. Right now I am living in San Francisco, I wish we could have cicadas here.

[@johnkennedy8682]

I always have a challenge when it comes to intervening in nature, especially when a parasitic or invasive are involved. I have a large butterfly garden and there is an invasive species, the "European Hornet", a big aggressive wasp. Generally I live and let live, but when I saw this hornet attack and take down a black tiger swallowtail, I went and did some research, and discovered they were invasive and ate many of the critters my garden was planted to cater to. I hate the idea that all my work to build a garden is there to serve as an invasive species smorgasbord. The one weakness the European Hornet has is they are slow, so I can intercept them before they take down a bee or butterfly. Watching your video, I'm not sure I could have released the infected Cicada. Believe me, I have a real moral dilemma with killing anything, even invasive wasps, but I feel humans had a direct effect on bringing them here, humans should be helping limit their negative effects. Thank you for the informative video.

[@sharoncombs58]

John, you sound like I feel about killing even insects, who are simply living their lives as instructed by nature. However, if there is no alternative, I will indeed try to eliminate them. I wish you well, and I understand the moral issues involved.

[@B_4035mn]

Realistically speaking, humanity has been a driving force in the spread of many species to unwanted locations, most of the time said species cause mass losses on nearly every end due to the fact that most environments cannot adapt at the required speeds, so most of the time utter eradication of most invasive species (Some invasive species have been shown to be beneficial mind you that.) is nearly 100% required, most of the time without the possibility of morals on life even being a choice, as even the smallest amount of morals (As in letting said invasive subject live.) would be a massive mistake causing the butterfly effect to immediately take place, take rabbits, lion fish, bunnies, rats, mice, snails, slugs, frogs, toads, and even plants into memory when it comes to recent events, all of those past events have been very traumatic to all parties involved the invasive creatures on the other hand, I'd say not, they were given the rather opposite, an environment so easy for them to live in that they slowly gnaw away at all of its resources, and remove the fundamental building blocks and very image of, often coalescing into a completely different type of environment unidentical to the previous, other than some discernible features, may not anything over produce otherwise all remaining knowledge of each environment will become practically useless, think of your local park per instance and all the basic predator and prey dynamics in it, without the predators the prey will overproduce and make the environment completely arid, and without the prey the predators will starve to death and the loss of resource flow will make the environment also completely arid. But yeah, that is the side-effects of a knowledge based staple species. NOTE : I forgot the word I was going to say when I said "staple" I wanted a word that would basically mean, a species that spreads from the spread of a basic environment type, yet also spreads an environment that is made for itself.

[@ToneyCrimson]

He was probably screaming "KILL ME!!" damn nature you scary... Reminds me of the Flood.

[@thebabscast5154]

He was methed out

[@lm2193]

he actually still enjoying sex with other male by luring these male to him.

[@bewaretheclaw]

Look at that rat lookin thing! Damn nature, you scary!

[@hashtag415]

Your enthusiasm rivals that of Steve Irwin.

[@alexanderkboyce]

Especially at 1.25x

[@liliakai]

I was just thinking, Adam is the Steve Irwin of fungi.

[@gianamaenzavarandas4254]

yessss thats what ive been thinking!!!

[@cheremichael367]

Crikey!!! 😂😂😂

[@pillardelaney4726]

@@liliakai 👇👇👇👇👇🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺From Queensland, AUSSIE.....

[@dawnmorning]

You have a special way of making disturbing things pleasant. Thanks. Indiana here and no cicadas here.

[@BrookeMerkin]

You are absolutely the most authentic knowledable friendly fun and helpful sweet youtube content creator

[@TheBooze13]

This is seriously one of the most fascinating relationships in the world

[@Klesh]

That's cool I never knew that about the Cicadas. Cool video thanks man!

[@madmikey1980]

Fascinating !! Now wash your hands !! lol

[@mowisocram667]

Dizzy cicada :D

[@MrMadnessHero]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@monabale8263]

@LagiNaLangAko23 best.

[@rippspeck]

I'm sure you've heard it a lot of times but you are an awesome teacher. It's very noticeable that you enjoy talking about nature.

[@brendanhod]

Just saw my first fungi-infection periodical cicada yesterday! How did the KZbin algorithm know to recommend this?

[@naturalnashuan]

It's June and the video was produced for June 2019? Perhaps KZbin/Google scans audio content for times of year or day. They probably do.

[@MagicPlants]

Cathinone, Psilocin, and Psilocybin all from cicada fungus?? WOW!!

[@emguttergames]

Lemme get a spore print off dat ass!

[@OphiuchiChannel]

And a week later your genitals falls off...

[@MistakenMystery]

@mark p seriously, you can trip off it?

[@rickwaldripsr.5113]

I can’t keep mine lit.

[@MagicPlants]

@@rickwaldripsr.5113 What the hell are you talking about

[@christinederby8305]

I love watching your videos. Adam you are a walking, talking encyclopedia! Thanks

[@Fallingxleaves]

Cicadas are so fascinating... and cute! I find their sounds quite meditative to listen to on a summer night.

[@panscentralexpresspresents4733]

There is actually an old greek myth about some people who were filled with some spirit and they begun dancing and singing. Well they dance and sung so hard, they forgot to eat or sleep... but when they died.. The spirits let them be cicadas so they can dance and sing with out eating for eternity

[@dtrubow]

Ashley nothing like a fresh snack after the music .. crunchy too.

[@rich1051414]

@Ann Campbell You sound like a chat bot that is pretending to understand context.

[@rich1051414]

@Ann Campbell That escalated quickly... who hurt you o.O... don't take it out on me...

[@buttersstotch6752]

Is it just me or does he need to be a voice actor for a very enthusiastic hyena?

[@iamimana]

this is very specific 😂

[@cottrellbriank]

I think its just you

[@tracytaylor3836]

His mouth looks like a cartoon

[@isma8450]

Am I the only one that wished he had removed the fungi Like a scab.. take it off!!!

[@diegomo1413]

That’s not fair to the fungus tho. It caught that cicada fair and square

[@markmedlinjr]

Someone was just telling me about how fungi is what connects everything in the woods.

[@RS-nc7rh]

Radiolab podcast did a great show about that.

[@Jupiter-mx1mw]

@@RS-nc7rh Excuse me, where do you listen to them? SoundCloud, ivoox?

[@B.McMillan93]

Mycellium?

[@daveh16]

@@B.McMillan93 I just read that the trees communicate through the mycelial network

[@goodguy...badrep.]

Magic School Bus lol

[@GrumpyGrunt]

The Cicada version of jock itch. Interesting.

[@Stuckinpueblo]

This is way worse lol

[@maxinemcclurd1288]

@@Stuckinpueblo So true,at least with "jock itch" the genitals don't fall off...yikes,lol.

[@monabale8263]

more like leprosy...

[@christineklein3246]

Thank you 😊. Learning about the land I live on is easier when I watch and listen to your videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious 🍄. your smile is too.

[@theelephantintheroom7925]

I can’t help but stare at his mouth and how he legit is smiling while he says every word. I’m also half deaf so I’m learning so much with the lip reading 😂😂😂

[@yetimountaintrading5859]

That is so interesting I never new this awesome info friend great work

[@adamowen5982]

I love your energy dude. Your amazing to watch and your knowledge is unreal. Really enjoy watching you =]

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Where do you think his energy comes from? ;)

[@bobsinger7127]

if you love him so much why dont you marry him?

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching!

[@Spark-Hole]

@@MeteCanKarahasan He loves what he doing.

[@CoffeeD_1]

so..... ahem.... is there a way to ...uhh.... extract those particular chemicals? Asking for a friend

[@nothertreeinbox]

Paul stamets knows

[@jarretjordan3837]

Obviously.

[@audreyp8958]

When I was waiting for you to reveal the type of fungus I kept thinking cordyceps, cordyceps, cordyceps.... but it wasn't! For those of you who aren't familiar, cordyceps is another fungus that infects insects, from what I have seen mostly ants and caterpillars. Fascinating fungus to look up if you aren't familiar with it! Love this video and all of the wealth of knowledge you share with us Adam.

[@Thelawncarenut]

"Our pets abdomen and genitals are fallin off!"

[@donaldtarr2332]

Oh, no! You licked a cicada, didn't you? Check your groin! The pets are fine.

[@dumkunt6869]

*Pink Guy's fried noodles starts to play*

[@ANewHopeIsHere]

I was waiting for him to take tweezers and pull out the fungi. Man I wonder what I looks like coming out and what the inside looks like after. That must be so satisfying to watch.

[@tillkamp3815]

Pretty disgusting , but thought the same 😂

[@justsmallstuff4994]

Same

[@docholliday6]

I've done it, it's like a clumpy moist powder. The Cicada remained oblivious.

[@MrSlanderer]

@Steezeus lol

[@docholliday6]

@Steezeus Didn't have my bowl with me :(

[@johanjimenez1249]

Here in Houston ours are bigger than those and look a bit different.

[@riverbender9898]

Fascinating...on several levels. Thank You!

[@ThatTharBlaziken]

Don't think I've ever seen somebody flex their neck so much in my life lmao

[@pmdouglas4]

🤣

[@ajfelling]

I have a terrible phobia of beetles and other such large bugs, so I’ll admit this video was kinda hard to watch, but your enthusiasm and calming presence really helped me. Thanks!

[@Jack0ps]

Funny how the algorithm works. Listening to a podcast talk about this recently and finding it in my recommendations the next day. Impressive. Video is awesome too!

[@urmom7284]

Lol same here, these cicadas have the bungus fungus

[@naturalnashuan]

KZbin is owned by Google, they share your search data and info like that about you with each other.

[@mamabrantingtherapist]

As always, I love this! The music for this video is awesome!!! Thank you for your knowledge and for sharing!

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

Lol coalburner lookin face xd

[@mamabrantingtherapist]

@@danielgorzelniak3209 not sure what this means...

[@Marlene5018]

I used to enjoy the “chicharra song” every year in Veracruz when I was a girl. My port was full of nature, and chicharras use to sing over the plum trees, I loved to grab them and let them go, but after urbanization on my teenage age, everything changed. No more trees, or green wild areas killed the song, the nature and the “chicharras” as well...🥺🥺🥺

[@axiomapostate6704]

Very informative! writing from 2021. in the middle of the 18 year cicada outburst in Northern VA!

[@wontonnoodle2169]

I remembered when I waz a little boy back in the early 70'z in my home town China at one point my older cousin caught alot of these bugz with wingz, butt I now know what it call,Cicadas bugz and my cousin would put in a wok and started roasting it until nice and crispy. Just to let you know back then we are all very poor Chinese people not like today's CHINA. I tell you thiziz because it really bring back my childhood memories of thiz bugz called Cicadas. I know in Vietnam and some other South East Asia countries still eat these bugz as delicacies just like my cousin does it roasted with a wok or deep fried in hot oil!!! When your poor have nothing to eat even bugz would have to taste great as a child living in poverty. Things had changed after immigrated to Canada at the age of 9 years old. I'm no longer that poor boy living in a poor rural village of China!! When I saw thiz video it really hitz me how far that I come from and where I came from. I'm just fortunate where I am and what I accomplished in life with a wife and two grown boyz life iz average in the middle.

[@mjgII]

is your z key stuck or something?

[@xcpryt]

Nobody: KZbin: Hey you bored again? Me: Yeah kinda, whatcha got KZbin: Peep this fam

[@emguttergames]

ad infinitum xvi Thanks KZbin.

[@robertglenn936]

Amazing! But, I think I still get more excited when I find Morels...

[@michaelwertzy9808]

How often do you forage for mushrooms, R.G.?

[@pennygretch]

Hey...did you just instruct everyone on how to get high on the possible consumption of cicadas?

[@patrickmcleod111]

**I hear you can snort the fungus. The kids call it a "spore-blast", or "sniffing bug butt".** Lol

[@pennygretch]

Hahahahaha.

[@godsbutterflys]

@@patrickmcleod111 😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏💙👏💙👏💙👏

[@binky613]

I lived in brood 10 zone in 2021. I only found 3 with the fungus. The one was literally a head with wings and 6 legs attached. The rest of the body was gone. It was still walking around. I was so obsessed with them. I loved them. I had uploaded the pic on that cicada app. The tree in my yard 2 years later has had huge growth from the pruning. You can still see the scaring.

[@laurabarber6697]

Really wonderful! They should be showing your shows two kids in school! Cicadas are very magical! Thank you

[@creeker81]

So its a naturally occuring amphetamine that can make u trip balls?!?!? Sounds like a good time!! Lol

[@JamesChessman]

Please get help lol

[@JamesChessman]

@4tran No I meant: Please get help for some different drugs that are probably way better than that lol

[@Faireverwillows]

Good morning....happy to see you😍

[@codmpink]

This was by far the most thorough and informative cicada video.

[@anyascelticcreations]

They really are beautiful little creatures. I didn't get out much this year. So I miss their sound.

[@AppleVsGravity]

Most HALLUCINOGENIC fungus on the planet!!

[@maxinemcclurd1288]

Don'y ya know someone will try to consume the infected cicadas?Lol,I myself will pass.

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

@@maxinemcclurd1288 people have been eating cicadas in the south for a very long time.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

@@maxinemcclurd1288 I mean, if it gives you a nice trip, why not?

[@edwardhaglin2188]

Wow

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@ominous-omnipresent-they I think he means uninfected cicadas. The nymphs are pulled out of the ground and basically eaten like shrimp. I think people even call them "dirt shrimp" but don't quote me on that.

[@mossyhornhunter7022]

I love your videos, this is one of my favorite channels. I posted a video a few weeks ago with a crazy slime mold like I've never seen . If someone could tell me what it is I would appreciate it.

[@kodie4777]

The passion deserves a comment and a sub, this is my 5th ever KZbin comment. Watching you talk about something you find astonishing with such passion breeds hope inside me. I wish more individuals weren’t shameful or scared to share what that have a passion for.

[@bobbygould6781]

I noticed this myself but I did not know what it was. Thanks for clearing things up with that.

[@rhodesphotoco]

Okay, who has or will be chewing some fungal cicada abdomens? Can't say for sure that I wouldn't.

[@jamessouza7065]

Im gonna grind it up & chopp it into some lines & snort it..

[@Mr.TonyClifton]

You may evolve into a red eyed, flying gay instrument of love! Oh, and if you been working profusely to lose that beer belly for summer don't worry, it magically falls off. Win/win!

[@WizardClipAudio]

Meh,.. Cicadas are a delicacy in WV. Fried up in butter with old bay is like mountain shrimp.

[@rhodesphotoco]

@@WizardClipAudio You have to eat em' raw to trip! Shrimp aren't full of psychedelics.

[@donaldtarr2332]

Do a video when your male parts fall off...

[@carpediem.9]

So interesting :) Nature can be so freaky and cruel yet amazing and fascinating at the same time :)

[@robosing225]

What if you ingest this foreign fungus? And no, I'm not curious for hallucinogenic effects. I understand it's not psilocybin. I ask just incase someone is handling one, if more spores are released into the air and either inhaled or ingested. Is there any danger?

[@EvilSandwich]

No danger to humans, since the fungus that infects most insect species get completely curb stomped by the human immune system.

[@EvilSandwich]

@Mathilda At our size, it would likely be no worse than athletes foot or dandruff if it mutated to infect us.

[@LavenderLori406]

I LOVE your enthusiasm

[@jocelynkreiser]

Your enthusiasm is so contagious! ☺️Thank you for the fascinating information. We just had our cicada invasion in eastern PA this year, Brood X. I remember playing with the cicada husks when I was a kid seventeen years ago. I was mind blown when I heard about this fungus earlier this summer, but learned so much more from this video. Nature is so crazy 🙂

[@ScottWConvid19]

Hell yeah! If you roast them, you can get a 17 year buzz twice!!! 🤣

[@carolinecristalj]

I love them! I was on a mountain view trip with my boyfriend and friends and he was tripping out by there sound. I was about to grab one to show him the sound they make when you hold them and Both him and his friend told me Noo! They tripped out that I wasn't afraid of bugs so I didn't grab is cause, why scare them 😝 But next time ;)

[@donaldtarr2332]

Good for you, you are a rare woman. I hope you find a real man soon.

[@carolinecristalj]

@@donaldtarr2332 Hahaha some people don't mind them and he just happens to be a person that minds them very much! It's funny how the more videos about bugs there are the more people get to understand them and some people to love them 💗🐝🐞🐌🐜💗

[@cindypass3453]

Jajaja, just love your story

[@JamesChessman]

I could not deal with a girlfriend that picked up an insect, that’s an instant break-up, no offense lol

[@richcast66]

Now we're gonna have junkies searching for infected cicadas

[@ramonsita625]

Imagine the wild roller coaster ride the infected cicada is on in his hand while he speaks enthusiastically about finding cicadas

[@davidgough3512]

OK now I know what I'm going to use as icebreaker talk at parties

[@vinniecocco9932]

It works great trust me

[@davidgough3512]

@@vinniecocco9932if "let me tell you about 17 year old buzzbugs turning gay hopped up on psychedelic ass-eating STD fungus" doesn't get you laid... haha

[@awsome869]

Wow so amazing! Thank you so much for all the information you share!

[@ronkhoo]

Great video, love your enthusiasm for sharing discoveries!

[@perpetualwandrer]

I really hate it when the trees start screaming every year.

[@AB-vc7ox]

Interesting lesson, The first cicada I saw after watching this vid had it’s hind end missing with that white fungus sticking out, probably explains why it was sitting on the side of my house instead of on a tree or bush. Even though I live in the hot dry AZ desert on the outskirts of Tucson AZ, molds and fungi still thrive here with the least bit of moisture, mildew even grows on dead dry grass.

[@angelahoffman119]

I'm in Texas, and just heard cicadas in my yard last night. What a coincidence that this was in my feed. Good video. Thanks.

[@haroldthaf]

Are you feeling okay? Cause those arteries are really popping. I hope it's not that darn fungus...

[@elizabethroy1079]

This is making me cringe but I have to keep watching...!

[@thebestusername5852]

Me too!! Lol. My finger hovered over the stop button multiple times but I just kept watching. I'm outside on my porch so I keep thinking there's cicadas all over me, lol.

[@davidbenioff2916]

"I won't necessarily be eating them" Really? What will you be doing with them? Just licking them for the hallucinogenic effects.?

[@Khandrake]

Growing up in South Korea I love cicadas, but with a different sound. They do a more "mmemm mmemm" sound that I find really calming.

[@HeadCase55]

The amount of times this has been suggested to me is astonishing

[@akozy]

Fantastic video! Thanks for all of the details.

[@Shmarm]

You won't necessarily eat them- But you might-?

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

Why not regular cicadas are perfectly edible, I doubt the fungus they carry poses any danger to humans.

[@troymcdonald9795]

So you can trip your shit from eating cicada ass fungus! There is Always that first DumbAss to try it! Watch it be 100x stronger! :)lol!

[@Max_R_MaMint]

@@troymcdonald9795 lol... chicky fung ass od

[@monabale8263]

@@Max_R_MaMint XD!

[@jmikronis7376]

Here in Gonzales, Louisiana, we get these cicadas every year. We call them locusts. Their shells are everywhere!

[@SonicSparton]

As much as I love insects and arthropods, I’m instinctually terrified of flying insects. The risk of being stung after the years of experiencing wasps and bees discourages me from touching them. However, I absolutely love to watch them from either up close or far away with some binoculars. Fascinating.

[@quinbatcheller5805]

Entomology and micology are my jams! This is so fascinating to me. I have non periodical cicadas where I live in BC I'm going to keep my eyes out for this from now on. Super cool 😎

[@DjDreamcastle]

I'm so happy to be educated on this rare occurrence! Great video, Adam!

[@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103]

Total joke: Me drinking last night "guys guys guys...check this out...i think i found a new way to trip out"

[@feralphantom]

I love the sound of cicadas. It's comforting ☺

[@jeffolsen4983]

Thanks! This was very good. I just subscribed. For decades I have collected the carcasses of cicadas and presently have about 20 in my apartment, but otherwise have known very little about them.

[@growmiezhomiez8760]

What an Amazing Insect! 🐞 the fact that an insect can hibernate for 13 or 17 years only to wake up, mate and then die, blows me away. Ahhhh, the wonders of nature… They never cease to amaze.

[@JohnHonor]

I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@victorvicente6356]

Hey buddy! I studied biology in Europe. Now I am living in the states. Could you make a video about Castanea Dentata and Castanea Ozarkensis ? It would be great to get an update.

[@victorvicente6356]

...and of course you can explain the cycle of Phytopthora Parasitica

[@ChromatophoneNature]

Crazy! I wish we had them here in Massachusetts.

[@yungxama1606]

So this is what Cell from Dragonball Z was based on. Fascinating

[@poweredman]

Blue Heron You think?

[@tombombadil3185]

Correct me if I'm wrong, pathogens are lethal. There are 9 types of parasitology if memory serves and the fungus would come under one of those- or not.

[@whitesalamander]

Well produced and fascinating production.