[quote=@Dead Cruiser]
I meant to mention this before, but the parasite I brought up actually controls the insect's behavior via its nervous system, before eventually releasing its spores by exploding out of its head, killing it. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_sinensis]Here's the wiki.[/url]
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[I]Yikes[/i].

I think I prefer the extended neoteny that puts off metamorphosis and causes constant growth sort of parasite for the Ship's Cook, rather than the fungal parasite that [b]explodes out the heads of poor caterpillars[/b].