Many modern koinobiont wasps target slow-moving hosts like caterpillars and fly larvae to house their burgeoning offspring. This newly described wasp's grasping rear end would have broadened its ...

After examining multiple roughly 99-million-year-old specimens, researchers believe the extinct wasp species featured Venus flytrap-like abdomen appendages for capturing other insects. Once pinned ...

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This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. (Qiong Wu via AP) 32,789 people played the ...

The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, scientists said. An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

The Source: The information for this story was provided by the study "A cretaceous fly trap? remarkable abdominal modification in a fossil wasp" published on March 27, 2025. The Associated Press ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose ...

'Venus fly trap wasp' found in chunk of amber in Myanmar Wasp has unheard of body part, which is more closely aligned with the plant world than the animal. Thursday 27 March 2025 07:22, UK ...

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Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient wasp, encased in 99-million-year-old amber, that may have lived alongside dinosaurs. The remarkable insect, found in northern Myanmar ...

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Scientists say they’ve never seen anything like this “truly unique” species, which was found encased in amber Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure ...