Terrifying new wasp turns spiders into zombies

New York Post reported on research from UBC that has found a new species of parasitic wasp that can turn spiders into zombies.

“Wasps manipulating the behaviour of spiders has been observed before, but not at a level as complex as this,” said Philippe Fernandez-Fournier, of UBC’s department of zoology.

A similar story appeared in Gizmodo.