Re: What happens then?

The wasp larvae eat their way out to the surface, in the process becoming fatter and developing from eggs to tiny little worms, to bigger worms, to chrysalis. By the time they become chrysalis, theory would have it that they have exhausted the hosts flesh and only its exoskeleton remains. When the chrysalis phase is over, they break it to go out to their life as winged adult wasps.

Now, human brains are very high protein content, like arthropods' flesh is. (Zombie writers are not that dumb!) The interesting things to research here would be A) the cognitive, sensorial or motor decline as the wasps eat brain areas (This has been studied with tapeworm eggs which have lodged in the victim's brains, but they don't move once lodged - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysticercosis] .) B) If the wasps can find the way to the surface: while not terribly thick, the human skull certainly is thicker than land arthropods' exoskeletons. It's unlikely they can dig through it, but they should find it easy to find the ways out through the nose or ears - and probably mouth and eyes too. Or would they not? C) Is wasp larvae infection really lethal? (shouldn't be, except if wasps eat key brain areas) D) Is it painful? (shouldn't be, but you never know) E) Supposing the wasps cannot find their way out, what happens then? Do they try to sting inside the guy's head? If they die, do they rot and infect? Parasites in the digestive tract who die do not rot and infect, but the digestive tract is already prepared for dealing with parasites and with dead flesh (from eating meat).

And it would be just awesome to see the adult wasps emerging from the faces of neurologically damaged rapists and antis! Finally their brains put to good use!