Parasites that change the behaviour of the host… ?

These animals make zombie-crickets that are not anymore under self-control. But how do they develop? How does the brain look like after they manipulated the host?

Nematomorph egg cluster composed out of 1000sands of embryos.

Collected nematomorphs of the species Gordionus violaceaus.

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Lepidodermella squamata

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Mnemiopsis leidyi