Wasp masters manipulate web-building zombie slave spiders

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 17:20 in Biology & Nature

Some wasps have unpleasant habits. Hijacking an unsuspecting insect or spider, parasitic wasps incapacitate their hapless victims by taking control of their nervous systems and turning them into zombies. Once the wasp has its victim in its clutches, it deposits its egg on or within the victim's body, ready for the next generation to develop.

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