#insect behavior

It is fascinating to see how much parasites manipulate the behavior of their hosts. After the wasp larva has emerged from its body, having fed on its tissues, this seven-spotted ladybird, still alive, remains motionless on the cocoon, offering it protection while the adult parasite develops (May be the baconid wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae, on Coccinella septempunctata)