name of the parasite that controls the host behavior؟?

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name of the parasite that controls the host behavior؟?

everybody can any one tell me the name of the parasite that controls the

host behavior.Dr.Mike had talked about it at his show on nat geo wild?????

Science & Mathematics / Biology

spiderman

Verified answer

Certainly horsehair worms (Nematomorpha), having infected crickets, will control the host. The cricket "commits suicide" by drowning, enabling the parasitic worm to move on to the next stage in its life cycle.

Anonymous

It could be the wasp Ampulex compressa, which is able to control the movements of its prey, a cockroach, first by injecting neurotoxins in its brain and then by moving its antennae.

There's a plethora of them though:

http://www.boxvalley.co.uk/nature/sns/wad71/w71-09...