Parasitoid wasps serve as hosts for the virus, and Lepidoptera serve as hosts for these wasps. The female wasp injects one or more eggs into its host along with a quantity of virus. The virus and wasp are in a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: expression of viral genes prevents the wasp's host's immune system from killing the wasp's injected egg and causes other physiological alterations that ultimately cause the parasitized host to die. Transmission routes are parental.[2]

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[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Parasitic wasps are proof a benevolent god doesn’t exist

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

bzzzz for the bzzzzz god

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

*furiously Googling to see how many white Anglo-Saxon protestants are on the boards of directors for Pfizer and Moderna*

[–] blight@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

covid-cool

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

i heard the plague inc. "trait added" sound as i read this

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

Can't wait to catch wasp flu in 2045

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Amazing, thanks for posting