Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.
"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 ...
"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 ...
"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber ...
A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...
Scientists uncover a 99-million-year-old wasp trapped in amber, featuring a terrifying Venus flytrap-like abdomen used to ...
Researchers uncovered an ancient wasp with a Venus flytrap-like structure in 99-million-year-old amber. Here's what they have ...
A new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of ...
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.