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The Moth That Drinks Tears From Sleeping Birds
In the forests of Madagascar, one moth feeds on something stranger than nectar.
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jewel wasp · emerald cockroach wasp · zombie cockroach · parasitoid wasp · insect facts · animal facts
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The jewel wasp stings a cockroach twice: once to freeze its legs and once into its brain. The cockroach survives, but it stops trying to escape and lets the wasp lead it into a burrow by its antenna. What happens there is even worse.
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- NIH: On predatory wasps and zombie cockroaches
- PLOS One: A Wasp Manipulates Neuronal Activity in the Sub-Esophageal Ganglion
- Frontiers: Suppression of host nocifensive behavior by parasitoid wasp venom
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#47Weird nature
These Bees Cook An Intruder Alive
When a giant hornet scout finds a Japanese honeybee nest, hundreds of bees pile onto it and form a tight ball.
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#32Weird nature
This Spider Goes Fishing With Fake Moth Perfume
Bolas spiders don't build a normal web.
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