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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 Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
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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Researchers Amazed To Find 99-Million-Year-Old Dangerous Wasp 'Weaponized Bumbag' Trapped in Amber
The wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis proves that nature’s creativity in predation and survival strategies has been at play for ...
This Ancient Wasp Had a Freaky Belly That Snapped Shut to Trap Victims
The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
The parasitic wasp’s abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Ancient parasite used Venus flytrap-like butt to lay eggs in victims
If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...
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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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
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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 ...