Parasitized Caterpillar (Body Invaders)

The term Parasitoid wasp refers to a large evolutionary grade of hymenopteran superfamilies, mainly in the Apocrita. They are primarily parasitoids of other animals, mostly other arthropods. Many of them, such as the family Braconidae, are considered beneficial to humans because they control populations of agricultural pests. Some of these wasps help pest control in a rather sophisticated manner. Certain types of plants have compounds that work in part with the saliva of caterpillars. When the saliva of the caterpillar and the juices of the plant mix, a fragrance is emitted that certain parasitoid wasps are very attracted to. The parasitoid wasps then kill the caterpillars and often use the carcasses to lay eggs within. This is a form of mutualism between the plant and the wasp and works only when the fragrance from the plant and the saliva combine.

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Science & Technology

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• parasidic wasps
• body invaders
• caterpillar invaded
• Parasitized Caterpillar

[nekomajin6]

wtf incredible

[yournextlevel]

That's very interesting and moderately scary. Nature's mind control.. I'm curious to know how a virus would change the caterpillar's behavior like that and make it protect them.

[EcoFascist]

That's the crazies, most disgusting but at the same time cool thing ever