Mother nature can appear cruel.
Tomato Caterpillar infested with wasp eggs.
When the wasps hatch they feed on the 'pillar.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So many parasitic relationships - how about Zombie mushrooms that turn ants into zombies?
Surfpirate
Level 9
Sep 25, 2020
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Anything "zombie" is always interesting. Might have to try some of those in some spaghetti sauce for my neighbors.
@bigpawbullets the mushrooms have medicinal qualities and they are quite expensive.
Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
tinkercreek
Level 8
Sep 24, 2020
1
very common here.... but then I live down stream of a nuclear research lab. 
Yep. Nature is not designed to have a heart. It is evolved. Any moral code has to be created and imposed, and that will never apply to all of nature.
For the record, I am all in favor of living by a sensible (aka humanist) moral code aimed at making the most of this life that nature has handed us.
MikeInBatonRouge
Level 8
Sep 24, 2020
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The insect parasites are common. Sort of a real life alien for insects. There are parasite species that can also effect humans on for evidence of that just look to the WH.
JackPedigo
Level 9
Sep 23, 2020
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Stop that!
This is the gardening section.
You said it, not me (this time)
@bigpawbullets Aren't humans in the garden too? One small farm we volunteer for actually planed certain plants to attract certain insects to go after the parasitic insects.
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