The TWiVsters reveal the puppet master: an RNA virus injected with wasp eggs that paralyzes the ladybug so that she protects the cocoon until the adult emerges.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode

• ASM grant writing online course
• Who is the puppet master? (Proc Roy Soc B)
• Why ladybird?
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• Dinocampus coccinellae
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 443

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