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Re:Study spells out why some insects kill their mothers by marincounty on Sunday November 01, 2015 @03:36AM (#10485812)
Don't understand why wasps kill poor little honey bees. They don't even eat the bees? I saw one wasp trying to kill a honey bee in my back yard. I got some tweezers and saved the honey bee. It felt good, and I didn't get bit.
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Re:Study spells out why some insects kill their mothers by DrScump on Sunday November 01, 2015 @04:07AM (#10485871)
it gets worse. Look up the recent PBS biopic of E.O. Wilson and his studies of matabele ants, which predate on (and exclusively eat) termites.

And worse yet, there are species of predatory fungi that infect insects, turning them into virtual slaves even while consuming their failing bodies.

Sleep well.

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Re:Study spells out why some insects kill their mothers by kentosi on Sunday November 01, 2015 @05:20AM (#10486011)
Can you please share the name of this fungi?
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Re:Study spells out why some insects kill their mothers by bananaoomarang on Sunday November 01, 2015 @05:34AM (#10486032)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis
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