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Their venom can turn other insects into zombies, and a group of scientists wants to harness that power ? perhaps for an alternative to agrochemicals or a way to slow insect-borne disease.
With an ability to paralyze much larger insects, voodoo wasps seem to have magic powers. Living on Earth’s Bridget Macdonald reports on how scientists want to use these parasitic wasps as weapons against agricultural pests.