This article was about a special type of fly that can lay eggs on a fire ant. The fly’s babies maneuver inside the fire ant and start to eat it inside-out. They also said they way the flies find the ants, are by the scent of the fire ant venom. They said that by doing studies on this it will help them determine the fire ant population. It also points out that the poisonous substance in the fire ant venom is the nitrogen.
I think that that is pretty cool. But at the same time scarey because if other insects can do that to animals, then what says there isn’t a species out there that can do the same to us humans. Also I believe that researching something like this is pretty much pointless. Because I don’t think anyone should really care about the population of fire ants or flies. I hope they start to focus on more important things then insects.
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