Wasp from the dinosaur era found preserved in amber—its jaws are unlike anything seen before
A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago, preserved in Cretaceous period amber, featured a Venus flytrap-like ...
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Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...
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 ...
Parasitic wasp preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism to ...
Ancient parasitic 'Venus flytrap' wasp preserved in amber reveals parasitoid strategies
An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...
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 ...
Parasitic Wasp That Caught Prey in 'Venus Flytrap' Body Discovered in Amber
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
Instead, they theorized that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an unwitting host for its eggs. Its larvae then started their lives as ...
Newly discovered 99,000,000-year-old wasp used hairy bum to trap prey
Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis, a wasp that the team half-jokingly called a ‘Cretaceous flytrap’ for its rear being shaped like the fly-gobbling plant. ‘Nothing similar is known from any other insect,’ ...