{"id":815,"date":"2007-11-30T13:05:16","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T13:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/30\/zombie-cockroaches\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","slug":"zombie-cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/30\/zombie-cockroaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Cockroaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zombie insects might sound like a B-movie plot device<\/a> but to the emerald cockroach wasp<\/a> (Ampulex compressa<\/span>), they’re a tried and tested way to provide food for their hungry larvae. The wasp relies on cockroaches for its grisly life cycle but unlike many venomous predators, which paralyse their victims before eating them, the wasp’s sting leaves the cockroach able to walk, but unable to initiate its own movement.
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