'Alien' wasp injects eggs into caterpillars so larvae EAT way out

Researchers from Australia have discovered a new species of wasp named'Xenomorph' because of its similarities to the monster from the Alien movie franchise. Dolichogenidea xenomorph injects its eggs into live caterpillars, and then the larvae slowly eat the other bug from the inside out. When they've had their fill, they burst out of the caterpillar and grow into adult wasps - before repeating the cycle all over again. Researchers from Australia have discovered a new species of wasp named'Xenomorph' because of its similarities to the monster from the Alien movie franchise Xenomorph is one of three newly documented parasitoid wasp species - a kind of wasp that needs to kill their host to complete their life cycle. 'Dolichogenidea xenomorph acts as a parasite in caterpillars in a similar way that the fictional Alien creature does in its human host,' said lead researcher Erinn Fagan-Jeffries, PhD student in the University of Adelaide's School of Biological Sciences.