A 99-million-year-old wasp species used a Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture prey and may represent a new insect family, ...

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

"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 ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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