"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...
"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber ...
Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology ... whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. Credit: AP/Qiong Wu The new study ...
Scientists discover dinosaur-era wasp that used its rear end to kill - The parasitic wasp has been found encased in ...
An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...
The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild ...
charybdis, named after the Greek mythological sea monster Charybdis ... reminiscent of a Venus flytrap plant, according to the paper. The three-flap abdominal apparatus may have served as a ...