Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

"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 ...

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 ...

Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like hairs are thought to have held struggling insects in place while the wasp ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers named ...

Scientists have discovered a extinct parasitic wasp with an abdomen that worked like a Venus flytrap inside a 99-million-year ...

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

Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis, a wasp that the team half-jokingly called a ‘Cretaceous flytrap’ for its rear being shaped ...

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 ...