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

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 ...

The wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis proves that nature’s creativity in predation and survival strategies has been at play for ...

A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

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, ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

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

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

But none alive today resemble the Cretaceous era’s Sirenobethylus charybdis, according to this new research. After recently analyzing 16 amber-preserved female specimens uncovered in northern ...

Scientists discovered an ancient wasp species, Sirenobethylus charybdis, preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar.

A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago, preserved in Cretaceous period amber, featured a Venus flytrap-like ...