Zombie Caterpillars – (modified host behaviour)

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Bodyguards have a tough and risky job but they usually get paid for their trouble. But not the caterpillar of the geometer moth. Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a parasitic wasp, and the only ‘reward’ it gets for its trouble is to be eaten inside out by the larvae of its attacker.

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ADVANCED CIVILIZATION Reference material - https://interestzine.com/modified-host-behavior/

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