A terrifying new species of parasitic wasp that transforms its victims into suicidal zombies has been found in the Amazon. The nightmare bug turns spiders into helpless drones who abandon their own… ...

Walking dead. The manipulative relationship between the wasp and the spider begins when a female wasp attacks the orb weaver in its web. She deposits her egg onto the back of the spider's abdomen ...

Jumping spiders like Maratus vespa mimic wasps during courtship. Even AI mistook them for wasps over 20% of the time.

Wasps are annoying and sometimes painful for us humans but they are even more of a problem for insects that they prey upon. One particularly … ...

This feat is dramatic because the wasp larva does not have direct contact with the spider’s nervous system: it is an external parasite, riding on the surface of the spider’s abdomen. Its only access ...

First, the wasp's tiny larvae hitch onto the spider's abdomen. While this doesn't give the wasp immediate access to the spider's nervous system, it's just a small hurdle.

In both strategies, the wasp paralyzes the spider for five to 10 minutes, enough time to lay an egg on its abdomen before flying off. Popular Reads.

The wasp-induced webs also often include a distinctive linear silk stabilimentum, or decoration, that camouflages the cocoon from possible predators. To conduct his experiment, Eberhard collected a ...

A mom has captured the bloodcurdling moment a wasp and huntsman spider faced off in a street battle – but it’s what happened after the fight that has Aussies squirming.

Parasitic wasps turn spiders into zombie construction workers. The wasp Reclinervellus nielseni manipulates a spider’s web-building habits to get a custom-built nursery, Japanese researchers ...

Life Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive. Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the ...