Infected with a zombie virus, the worms climb to the top of the tree to dance, inviting the birds to eat them

This is a portrait of a cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) the protagonist of our story today. Like many other caterpillars, the cotton borer has to go through a life cycle to reach adulthood, going from eggs to larvae, then to pupae, and finally to butterflies. The cotton borer is its larval stage. During this stage, […]