This ancient ‘Venus fly-trap’ wasp used its butt to kill
However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...
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99-Million-Year-Old Wasp’s Hairy Bum: Nature’s Prehistoric Flytrap
Paleontologists discovered a 99-million-year-old wasp, Sirenobethylus charybdis, in Kachin amber, Myanmar. Its unusual hairy ...
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Prehistoric ‘Hell Ant’ Found Frozen Inside Amber Fossil Devouring Its Prey
About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...
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National Museum of Natural History Scientists Discover That Ancient Insects Perfected Their Plant Palates 165 Million Years Ago
The positions like pitcher, shortstop and first baseman stay the same, but the players themselves swap out as they are traded or retire or, in the case of prehistoric insects, go extinct.
Ancient parasitic 'Venus flytrap' wasp found preserved in amber
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...
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Ancient wasp reveals trap-like hunting mechanism frozen in time
Study authors described this apparatus of the prehistoric wasp as "round and resembles that of the Venus flytrap, the carnivorous plant that captures insects between its leaves." Researchers Taiping ...