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Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
The parasitic wasp’s abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached ...
Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.
Scientists have discovered a extinct parasitic wasp with an abdomen that worked like a Venus flytrap inside a 99-million-year ...
A newly identified wasp that buzzed among the dinosaurs had a bit of a unique way of catching prey. Researchers studied 16 ...
The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used to hold prey still while laying eggs. The analysis ...
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 ...