"By doing so, they can infect males and females alike … and they are tricked into doing so as much as they can for as long as they can before they ultimately succumb to the fungus and die," he said.
Sex-crazed 'zombie cicadas' infected with an STD fungus could infest U.S.
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Oak leaf gall mites or itch mites — formally called Pyemotes herfsi — are between 0.2 to 0.8 mm long, making them “virtually microscopic,” says Floyd Shockley, collections manager for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Entomology Department.
Oak mites making D.C.-area residents itchy; tiny bugs feed on cicadas
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