Parasitic wasps sting to inject their eggs into a host, often accompanied by venom and a virus. Their larvae grow and eventually emerge from the unwitting host — usually killing it.

It also takes over the spiders’ minds and forces them to do its bidding. Also known as the “zombie wasp,” H. argyra uses a cocktail of mind-altering chemicals and poisons to force the orb spider to ...

VANCOUVER—In a scenario straight out of a cinematic nightmare, a newly discovered species of wasp has been found to prey on a “social” spider, turning it into a so-called zombie, which abandons its ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own ...

Scientists previously found that the parasitic fly, Apocephalus borealis, infects and ultimately kills bumblebees and paper wasps, while the " decapitating fly ," an insect in the same genus, implants ...

It sounds like the plot of the world’s tiniest horror movie: deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a newly discovered species of wasp transforms a “social” spider into a zombie-like drone that abandons its ...

First case of Zombie fly parasite confirmed in B.C. honey bees By The Canadian Press Published Aug 16, 2016 2 minute read ...

Zombie fly parasite spreads to B.C. bees By Beth Leighton The Canadian Press Posted August 16, 2016 5:37 pm Updated August 17, 2016 11:04 am ...

Parasitic wasps sting to inject their eggs into a host, often accompanied by venom and a virus. Their larvae grow and eventually emerge from the unwitting host — usually killing it.

VANCOUVER—In a scenario straight out of a cinematic nightmare, a newly discovered species of wasp has been found to prey on a “social” spider, turning it into a so-called zombie, which ...

But whether inspiring horror or metaphysical questions, parasitic wasps also save millions of human lives. Parasitic wasps to the rescue In the 1970s, the cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) ...