Parasitic wasp turns roaches into zombie slaves using neurotoxic cocktail

Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 08:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

For decades, scientists have tried to understand the complex and gruesome relationship between the parasitic emerald wasp Ampulex compressa and its much larger victim, the common household cockroach Periplaneta americana.

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