'Parasite Wasp' Species Discovered, What We Need To Know About Its Life Cycle

A "parasite wasp" species has been discovered and named after the Egyptian god of evil and chaos, Set. The parasite wasp is known to have a life cycle that is diabolical.

The "parasite wasp" species lays its eggs in a tiny wooden chamber that another parasite wasp resides. Once the eggs hatch the parasite wasp then takes over the mind of the other wasp. The lava of the Set then forces the victim to drill a small hole for it to escape.

The parasite wasp species is a native of the southeastern United States. The behavior of the set has just been discovered lately. It may be that it had been a behavior for most of the wasp species but has just not been discovered and revealed.

A report indicates that the parasite wasp's behavior is a unique example of hypermanipulation. This happens when one parasite manipulates another. Set, from the story of history, is an evil god who kept his brother Osiris in a crypt. Set then killed Osiris and cut him into pieces.

The parasite wasp has originally been discovered on the Gulf Course of Florida. The discovery was done by an evolutionary biologist Scott Egan in 2014. He later on found these parasite wasps in trees at Rice and in an oak tree in his front yard.

Meanwhile the wasp that falls victim to Set is known as the gall wasp or Bassittea pallida. The gall wasp will eventually be eaten by the baby parasite wasps by the time the egg hatches inside it. The parasite wasp Set has also been nicknamed the crypt-keeper by the Rich University researchers. This has been based by the story of Set and Osiris from an Egyptian story.

There may be many of these parasite wasps in around the globe and this is the first time that their way to live had been discovered.