What is Mind control wasp?
{{Speciesbox | name = ''Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga'' | taxon = Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga | authority = Gauld, 2000<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ian D. Gauld |year=2000 |title=The re-definition of pimpline genus ''Hymenoepimecis'' (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with a description of a plesiomorphic new Costa Rican species |journal=[[Journal of Hymenoptera Research]] |volume=9 |pages=213–219}}</ref> }} '''''Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga''''' is a [[Costa Rica]]n [[parasitoid]] [[wasp]] whose host is the [[spider]] ''[[Plesiometa argyra]]''. The wasp modifies the spider's web building behavior to make a web of very strong lines. This supports the wasp's [[cocoon]] without breaking in the rain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=17 |title=Mind-Controlling wasps and zombie spiders |author=Bellows, Alan |date= 2005 |publisher=Damn Interesting.com |accessdate=July 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150522-the-wasps-that-rule-the-world ''BBC'' Earth: the wasps that rule the world]</ref> == Reproduction == The adult female wasp temporarily [[paralysis|paralyzes]] the spider and lays an egg on its [[abdomen]]. The egg hatches into a [[larva]]. The larva sucks the spider's blood through small holes, while the spider goes on about its normal web building and insect catching behavior. When the larva is ready to [[pupa]]te, it injects a chemical into the spider. This causes the spider to build a web whose design is completely different from any it has ever made. Then the spider sits still in the middle of the web.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s154197.htm|title=Spider drugged by parasitic wasp |author=Salleh, Anna |date= 2000 |publisher=ABC Science Online |accessdate=July 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Eberhard, William G. |date= 2000 |title=Spider manipulation by a wasp larva |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=406 |pages=255–256 |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6793/pdf/406255a0.pdf |doi=10.1038/35018636 |pmid=10917517 |