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• Roach Zombies

  Published: September 30, 2007, 12:11 am

  Tags: Science, Ampulex Compressa, Carl Zimmer, Evolution, Parasites, Wasps Roaches

  a victim of household cockroaches, the story of the ampulex compressa is just exquisitely entertaining. The larva grows inside the roach, devouring the organs of its host, for about eight days. It is then ready to weave itself a cocoon - which it makes within the roach as well. After four more weeks, the wasp grows to an adult. It breaks out

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