This Ancient Wasp Had a Freaky Belly That Snapped Shut to Trap Victims
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
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Fossils: Ancient parasitic ‘Venus flytrap’ wasp preserved in amber
Research, published in BMC Biology, finds that the specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis — named for the sea monster in Greek mythology which ... to analyse 16 female S. charybdis specimens ...