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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99-million-year-old Amber Reveals Wasp With Venus Flytrap Rear End
A new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of ...
Newly discovered 99,000,000-year-old wasp used hairy bum to trap prey
A newly identified wasp that buzzed among the dinosaurs had a bit of a unique way of catching prey. Researchers studied 16 ...
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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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
The “Cretaceous weirdo” Sirenobethylus charybdis adds to a growing list of insects from that time that “had adaptations that are outside of the bounds of the critters that are alive today ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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Creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
‘Cretaceous weirdo’The “Cretaceous weirdo” Sirenobethylus charybdis adds to a growing list of insects from that time that “had adaptations that are outside of the bounds of the critters ...
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Creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
‘Cretaceous weirdo’The “Cretaceous weirdo” Sirenobethylus charybdis adds to a growing list of insects from that time that “had adaptations that are outside of the bounds of the critters that are alive ...