behavioral manipulation
- Zombie ant death grip due to hypercontracted mandibular muscles
Editors' Choice: Using microscopy, we show how the zombie ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps kimflemingiae) alters the mandibular muscle of its host (Camponotus castaneus) during the death grip, a key behavior associated with transmission.
- The role of the cerebral ganglia in the venom-induced behavioral manipulation of cockroaches stung by the parasitoid jewel wasp
Summary: We show that venom injection by the jewel wasp to either the subesophageal ganglion or the central complex in the brain is, by itself, sufficient to induce a long-term hypokinetic state in its cockroach prey.