This Wasp Mind-Controls Spiders While Eating Them Alive
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Scientists don't know exactly how the larva of the Reclinervellus nielseni wasp mind-controls spiders into building a special web to protect it but they do know that they eat their hosts and steal their webs.
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This Wasp Mind-Controls Spiders While Eating Them Alive