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What insects are able to make spiders build an unusual web?

Parasitic riders of the species Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga are able to paralyze spiders and lay eggs on their abdomen. After hatching, the larvae of the parasite begin to suck the blood of the spider, which continues its usual life. However, before pupation, the larvae inject chemicals into the victim's body that change the behavior of the spider in such a way that it begins to build highly reinforced strands of its web in several layers. Turning into a chrysalis, the rider kills the spider with poison and forms a cocoon, which needs reinforced threads to hold on weight.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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To whom were defenders provided in court and who did not receive them in accordance with the Decree on the reorganization of the Revolutionary Tribunal adopted by the Convention on June 10, 1794 (22 Prairial of the XNUMXnd year of the Republic)?

In this decree, adopted with the aim of "guaranteeing the freedom of slandered patriots" and speeding up the trial of "conspirators", it was proclaimed: "The law provides slandered patriots as defenders of sworn patriots; it does not provide them to the conspirators." Thus, the question of guilt was decided before the trial.

The law was adopted on the report of Couthon and with the support of Robespierre, who in two of his speeches insistently demanded its immediate implementation. At the same time, Robespierre did not hesitate to declare that in this law "there is not a single article that would not be based on justice and reason."

As a result of the application of this law, from June 10 (22 Prairial) to July 27 (9 Thermidor), 1794, 1351 people died in Paris alone.

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