abomination
SOC-12
This so needs to be scaled up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13860891
Ladybird made into 'zombie' bodyguard by parasitic wasp
A parasitic wasp protects itself from predators while cocooned by turning its ladybird host into a "bodyguard".
After a female wasp injects its egg into the ladybird, the larva munches on its host's internal tissues before breaking out through the abdomen.
In some cases the partially paralysed ladybird remains sitting on the parasite as it spins a cocoon.
Researchers think venom from the wasp makes the ladybird twitch and grasp - warding off predators.
This uncharacteristic behaviour by the ladybird begins at the point that the parasite breaks out of its body.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13860891
Ladybird made into 'zombie' bodyguard by parasitic wasp
A parasitic wasp protects itself from predators while cocooned by turning its ladybird host into a "bodyguard".
After a female wasp injects its egg into the ladybird, the larva munches on its host's internal tissues before breaking out through the abdomen.
In some cases the partially paralysed ladybird remains sitting on the parasite as it spins a cocoon.
Researchers think venom from the wasp makes the ladybird twitch and grasp - warding off predators.
This uncharacteristic behaviour by the ladybird begins at the point that the parasite breaks out of its body.
