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clipped from austin.decider.com
Brain-eating maggots could save Texas $1 billion, create legions of "zombie ants"
fire ant, maggots, larvae, ut, texas a&m agrilife, zombie ants, brain-eating

From the "brain-eating maggots solve every problem" file (it's a thicker file than you'd imagine): Researchers from UT and Texas A&M's AgriLife Extension Service are looking to curb the destructive behavior of the state's fire ant population with a species of fly whose larvae feed on ant brains.

National Geographic

Brain-Controlling Flies to Triumph Over Alien Ants?

Plentiful in fire ants' South American home ranges, phorid fly females inject their eggs into the fire ants.

The egg develops into a maggot, which appears to control the ant's behavior. The maggot "directs" the ant to a moist, leafy place—phorid larvae are vulnerable to drying out—a safe distance from other fire ants.

The larva then eats the ant's brains, causes the ant's head to fall off, then finally "hatches" from the ant's hollowed-out head about 40 days later.

PHOTOS: ''Zombie'' Ants Controlled, Decapitated by Flies
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