Crazy Science – Zombie Bugs & Parasitoids
This week’s Crazy Science explores how fungi and parasitoids can turn insects into real-life zombies! 🕷️
Discover the eerie world of Cordyceps fungi that control ants’ minds and the wasps that use other insects as living nurseries.
Then put your skills to the test in our Zombie Spore Challenge—a hands-on simulation tracking how infections spread through contact!
📅 October 29th–November 1st, 2025
⏰ 11 AM
📍 Disease Vector Education Center – St. Augustine, FL
Can you contain the outbreak—or will the spores take over?


