Rise of the zombie bugs : the surprising science of parasitic mind-control / Mindy Weisberger.
| Author/creator | Weisberger, Mindy, 1967- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | vii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Zombifiers: an origin story -- Fungus among us, part I: zombie ants -- Fungus among us, part II: zombie flies, beetles, and millipedes -- The sleeper awakens: zombie cicadas -- Attack of the ooze: Zombifying viruses -- The original chest-bursters: zombifying wasps -- 'Til death do us part: zombie spiders, roaches and ladybugs -- Ant decapitators and rise of the zombees: zombifying flies -- What lies within: zombifying worms -- Our zombie future. |
| Abstract | "In Rise of the Zombie Bugs, Mindy Weisberger explores the eerie yet fascinating phenomenon of real-life zombification in the insect class and among other invertebrates. Zombifying parasites reproduce by rewriting their victims' neurochemistry, transforming them into the 'walking dead' armies of cicadas, spiders, and other hosts that helplessly follow a zombifier's commands, living only to serve the parasite's needs until death's sweet release (and often beyond)"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2024033275 |
| ISBN | 9781421451350 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1421451352 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |