Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN11d
Scientists Uncover Ancient Insect Preserved in Amber that Snatched its Prey
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
The parasitic wasp’s abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached ...
Earth.com3d
Parasitic wasp had a 'flytrap' for snatching its victims
Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.
New Scientist11d
Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used its abdomen to grasp other insects like a Venus ... these fan-like elongate trigger hairs, probably sensory hairs, extending ...
CNN on MSN8d
Creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...
The Washington Post11d
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure ... shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp’s getup made scientists think its trap was designed to cushion ...