You’re not likely to witness a horsehair worm making its exit from a praying mantis, but if you do, it’s quite a sight. The spaghetti-like worm, under wet conditions, gradually wiggles out of its host ...

Parasitic horsehair worms that dwell in the guts of praying mantises compel their hosts to walk to water and drown themselves. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to these worms' horrifying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horsehair worms can control a host's brain and steer it to water, where it drowns. Scientists have studied the worms' ...

For a praying mantis, eating the wrong insect can be a one-way ticket to a watery grave. Some of its typical bug prey contain horsehair worms, Chordodes fukuii, which grow in a mantid's gut—and ...

Horsehair worms look like simple creatures on the surface, but they're actually some of nature's most sophisticated bodysnatchers. These parasitic worms, which resemble dark and stringy horse hair, ...