Wasps turn ladybirds into zombie bodyguards

I have always called them Ladybugs....When did they change their name to Ladybirds? Is this just a British thing?

I have always called them Ladybugs....When did they change their name to Ladybirds? Is this just a British thing? Pretty sure it is

Some wasps do this spiders as well, supposedly even influencing them to build a 'web of death'... Linky - Parasite's web of death

Pretty sure it is Nope.....they have always been Ladybird beetles- we just nicknamed them ladybugs. Not a Brit thang. The wasp thing is interesting, that's just what my ex did to me. And in the film "Alien" it woulda been kewl if instead of just killing the host it had turned them into slavering zombies.........on second thought, there was a film ripoff of "Alien" that did that, I think it was called "Creature".

This website needs "Thumbs up" & "Thumbs down" buttons.

This website needs "Thumbs up" & "Thumbs down" buttons. Nah. Then it would be too much like facebook. I like it just the way it is

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This website needs "Thumbs up" & "Thumbs down" buttons. If that was the case every time I would make a comment I'd get a thumbs down,Ha ha.I'm not liked here much.HA HA

Pretty sure it is Well tats how we used to say it back in 20th century but these days nobody does...In London at least.

Whats zombie about that, i was thinking that it was dead until it was stung and then magically came back, well i guess it was a little far fetched but the word "zombie" does kind of imply it, but really this happens all the time with nature little creatures, maybe not specifically the same, but in some cases, even underwater