Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers.

A previously unknown species of wasp with an abdomen reminiscent of a Venus flytrap has been discovered in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber, and entomologists have never seen anything like it.

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...

charybdis specimens possess a unique pattern of veins in the hind wing that suggests the species belongs within its own family, the Sirenobethylidae ... visually reminiscent of a Venus flytrap plant.

A new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of entomology with a rear end straight out of a science fiction movie. With a ...

charybdis was its abdomen, which bore a strong resemblance to a Venus flytrap plant ... charybdis warrant the establishment of a new insect family, Sirenobethylidae, due to hind wing vein patterns ...

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