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

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

Researchers uncovered an ancient wasp with a Venus flytrap-like structure in 99-million-year-old amber. Here's what they have ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

"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 ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...