This video exposes the shocking parasitic process behind the jewel wasp’s alien-like reproduction. Scientists show how the wasp turns a living cockroach into a helpless host for its developing larvae.

A tiny parasitic wasp turns the Tussock moth caterpillar into a living nursery, laying eggs that hatch and feed inside the host while it continues its daily life — unaware of its fate.

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental diseases? In a new paper, researchers led by István Mikó and Holly Hoag at ...