"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 ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study SuggestsResearchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.
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A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...
The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.
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99-million-year-old Amber Reveals Wasp With Venus Flytrap Rear EndA new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of ...
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp’s abdomen boasts a set of ...
Scientists have identified a new species of wasp trapped in amber for 99-million years and a remarkable bottom!
The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used to hold prey still while laying eggs. The analysis ...
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...
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