You’re not likely to witness a horsehair worm making its exit from a praying mantis, but if you do, it’s quite a sight. The spaghetti-like worm, under wet conditions, gradually wiggles out of its host ...

For a praying mantis, eating the wrong insect can be a one-way ticket to a watery grave. Some of its typical bug prey contain horsehair worms, Chordodes fukuii, which grow in a mantid's gut—and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horsehair worms can control a host's brain and steer it to water, where it drowns. Scientists have studied the worms' ...

Parasitic horsehair worms that dwell in the guts of praying mantises compel their hosts to walk to water and drown themselves. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to these worms' horrifying ...

Horsehair worms flood their hosts' minds with proteins made from copied chunks of their own genomes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...