"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 entomologist.

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

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild ...

A Venus Flytrap Wasp? Scientists Uncover an Ancient ... Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools ...

Specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis, or S. charybdis, named after the Greek mythological sea monster Charybdis, would use their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools ...

The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools by ...