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New Fungal Species Turns Cave Spiders into Zombies: Gibellula attenboroughii

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New Fungal Species Turns Cave Spiders into Zombies: Gibellula attenboroughii
Gibellula attenboroughii. Image credit: Evans et al., doi: 10.3114/fuse.2025.15.07.

Cave-dwelling, orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Metainae infected by Gibellula attenboroughii exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants.

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