Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails, and the Zombification of Cockroach Hosts
Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails, and the Zombification of Cockroach Hosts
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England: Oxford University Press
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The parasitoid Jewel Wasp uses cockroaches as a live food supply for its developing larvae. The adult wasp uses mechanoreceptors on its stinger to locate the host’s cerebral ganglia and injects venom directly into the cockroach’s “brain,” namely in the subesophageal ganglion and in and around the central complex in the supraesophageal ganglion. As...
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Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails, and the Zombification of Cockroach Hosts
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1545777317
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1545777317
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1540-7063
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1557-7023
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10.1093/icb/icu006
