A parasitic wasp can manipulate a spider into abandoning its normal web-building behavior and constructing a special web that protects the developing wasp larva. The spider performs a completely different behavior at the direction of the parasite, revealing an extraordinarily precise biological relationship involving behavior, chemistry, and reproduction.
Image: Ichneumonidae wasp 03459, Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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