There are more than 600,000 species of parasitic voodoo wasps and they already play a critical role as a natural regulator of insect populations. Peter Koomen and Mathijs Zwier (University of Groningen)From The Independent:
Genetic breakthrough could enable scientists to unleash armies of insects on deadly crop pests.
They are so small that most people have never even seen them, yet "voodoo wasps" are about to be recruited big time in the war on agricultural pests as part of the wider effort to boost food production in the 21st century.
The wasps are only 1 or 2 millimetres long fully-grown but they have an ability to paralyse and destroy other insects, including many of the most destructive crop pests, by delivering a zombie-inducing venom in their sting.
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