Talk:Bloodflies/@comment-26536672-20161021232411

I wonder if these repugnant things are a particularly nauseating species of hymenopterid. It would make sense, given their ovular endoparasitoidism and presumably eusocial organization, although I do not know of any hymenopterid that exhibits both.

Even the whole mind-control dealio is precedented (at a smaller scale) in real-life (and not just by the Cordyceps fungus). The wasp Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga is known for the interesting things it does to its spider hosts.

In any case, what is true without a doubt is that they are some nasty motherfuckers.