Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to ...

Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

The wasp's flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure ... which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp's getup made scientists think its trap was designed ...

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 ...

The previously unknown species, now named Sirenobethylus charybdis, had a Venus flytrap-like structure on its abdomen that could have allowed it to trap other insects, the researchers reported ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch 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 ...

This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. (Qiong Wu via AP) 32,355 people played the ...