Tim Fogg walked past the zombie spider fungus many times over the years before ... like cave walls or cellar roofs, to die. "When they're dead, they have a lot of long filaments coming out ...

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In 2021, a BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland came across a dead spider, infected with fungus, on the ceiling of an abandoned gunpowder store. They took a couple of pictures and sent them ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...

Deep within the caves of Ireland and Northern Ireland, researchers have identified a newly discovered fungal species that turns spiders into unwitting hosts before ultimately leading to their demise.