Caterpillar of the moth Thyrinteina leucocerae host of the parasitoid wasp Glyptapanteles which can change the behavior of the catterpilar to protect the pupae. This non-parasitized caterpillar hardly responds to a predator.
Suplementary material of the article "Grosman AH, Janssen A, de Brito EF, Cordeiro EG, Colares F, et al. (2008) Parasitoid Increases Survival of Its Pupae by Inducing Hosts to Fight Predators. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2276. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002276"
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002276#s5
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PythonandFelidae 8 months ago
not necessarily infection does not necessarily involve a disease when you are getting a vaccine for a disease youa re still technically getting infected by a weaker version of the source organism to help familiarize your immune system to a more dangerous full scale infection
KOGR11 2 years ago
omg, good 1
TranceDevoted 3 years ago
Cool.
monka6 3 years ago
seriously
djmastervolume 3 years ago
unaffected... infect is like diseases.
NsIiKxkxl 3 years ago
komischer wurm .__.
ShinigamiMann 3 years ago
can we see the infected caterpillar too?
MonstaMonk 3 years ago 2