The cockroach is still alive and is slowly eaten by the larvae as they hatch and mature over the course of about eight days. Like the jk rowling creation the ampulex dementor is known for sucking the life. Dementor wasps inject venom into cockroach prey, right in the belly, rendering it a passive zombie, according to a new report from the.
'Drunk and irritable' wasps are going on 'stinging
The ampulex dementor, named after the terrifying soul.
And true to its name, the touch of the dementor wasp essentially turns its prey into zombies.
Among other fanciful and often scary creatures, the harry potter series includes. Then it lays its eggs on it. Ampulex plagiator, because the species is an ant mimic, in particular 'copying' the general. Roughly 300 people voted to name an obscure wasp species from southeast asia after.
When the larvae hatch, they eat the cockroach’s insides.
New species of insect that can turn cockroaches into zombies named after harry potter character. The dementor wasp injects its venom into its prey’s head, which is cockroaches, causing it to go into a zombie like or drunk state, forcing it to run into its nest under the wasp’s command. “cockroach wasp venom blocks receptors of the neurotransmitter octopamine, which is involved in the initiation of spontaneous movement.” The dementor wasp then leads it, like a dog on a leash, to its burrow where it parks it and promptly injects it with its eggs.
The ampulex dementor, is a new species of cockroach wasp native to thailand, described in 2014 by michael ohl of the museum für naturkunde in berlin, germany.
Dementor wasps now exist thanks to museum patrons in germany. It is widely known across the world due to its dewildered feature of preying on cockroaches. The dementor wasp injects a paralyzing toxin into its prey's belly before chowing down on its (still alive) lunch. The wasp has an unusual behavior towards cockroaches:
Roughly 300 people voted to name an obscure wasp species from southeast asia after.
The change in diet is. Ampulex dementor, referring to its behavioral resemblance to the dementors, fictional creatures from the harry potter books franchise, who suck the soul from their prey, leaving an empty body with neither thoughts nor emotions, somewhat as the wasp does. To master its prey, the wasp injects a venom into a mass of nerves in the cockroach's belly. Dementor's favorite food is cockroaches.
Officially named ampulex dementor, the choice for the wasp wasn’t some nerdy distraction — it was great public outreach.
And the wasp was named for the sooty, skeletal, flying “dementor” character that appears in rowling’s novels and sucks the. Dementor wasps now exist thanks to museum patrons in germany. Dementor wasp is a killer cockroach wasp that belongs to the kingdom animalia, class insecta, phylum arthropoda and its scientific name is ampulex dementor.it is also known by the name soul sucking dementor.
