"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 ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism to ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like ...

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

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

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

According to the Daily Star, the UK has witnessed its earliest-ever sighting of the Asian hornet, a giant insect that can ...

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

Wasps do a little bit of pollinating, but they serve other purposes in your garden, eating pests like aphids, beetles, and ...

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