Zombie caterpillar controlled by voodoo wasps

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/d...

Find out how a parasitic wasp can make a caterpillar protect its young.

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  Pets & Animals

[Aaron Glover]

Of course it gonna be pissed off theres fucking little bugs crawling around inside it.

[KaoGamor]

...as soon as the wasps hatch the catapillar will die... DUN! happy music starts



[saika mizuki]

it is not a voodoo wasp its a black wasp

[TitoDaMan]

why does this girl sound retarded?

[XiaoGui17]

Glyptapanteles phytometrae.  Google for scientific articles, journals, etc.

[keikooldsgoldenbird]

I am frustrated

[Chris Chretien]

you mad ?

[Millala Jovovitch]

I dislike the title.

[Millala Jovovitch]

I don't like the term because there is no such thing as what people put as "zombies"...they're just applying the term to a myth because its similar. I didn't dislike the video, by the way.

[xeokym]

It's a "voodoo wasp" because the caterpillar becomes like a zombie slave to the baby wasps/parasites, who use it to their own gain...duh. Is that not obvious?

Not, it's not "scientific," but there's your explanation. I'm SURE they also have a scientific name as well, so there's no need to get your virtual panties in a bunch over it, going around disliking videos & causing general unrest on youtube. :P~~~

[SuperChaitea]

They can take over spiders too.