Male wasps, which are wingless, emerge first from the galls. Their sole purpose is to fertilize the female wasps within the fig. Once fertilized, the female wasps emerge, carrying pollen from the ...

Velvet ants are solitary insects. Males have wings and search for the wingless females on the ground. Once they find each other and mate, the wasps go their separate ways. When the female is ready to ...

However, in the process of entering the fruit, a wasp can lose its wings, legs, or even antennas because the opening is tight ...

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar. The wasp's flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of ...

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar. The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of ...