"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 ...
The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.
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99-Million-Year-Old Parasitic Wasp With A ‘Venus Flytrap’ Abdomen Found Preserved In Amber"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber ...
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 ...
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...
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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 SuggestsResearchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
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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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists sayA parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...
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 ...
Scientists have identified a new species of wasp trapped in amber for 99-million years and a remarkable bottom!
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...
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