Zombie Caterpillars

You think pottery is a hard business?

Have you seen what these wasps do to caterpillars?

According to New Scientist: "Zombie caterpillars controlled by voodoo wasps" - The parasitoid wasp Glyptapanteles lays its eggs, about 80 at a time, in young geometrid caterpillars. The eggs hatch and the larvae feed on the caterpillar's body fluids. When they are fully developed, they eat through the caterpillar's skin, attach themselves to a nearby branch or leaf and wrap themselves up in a cocoon.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn14053-zombie-caterpillars-controlled-by-voodoo-wasps.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

John Britt
www.johnbrittpottery.com/wks.htm