May 2009
7 posts
Echo and the Bunnymen album going on NASA mission →
New weapon turns fire ants into headless zombies →
The flies lay eggs on the fire ants, and the eggs hatch into maggots inside the ant and eat away at the pest’s tiny brain.
The ant will get up and wander for about two weeks while the maggot feeds, said Rob Plowes, a research associate at the University of Texas at Austin.
“There is no brain left in the ant, and the ant just starts wandering aimlessly,” he said.
About a month...
