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A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...
However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...
The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNAncient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study SuggestsResearchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
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Researchers Amazed To Find 99-Million-Year-Old Dangerous Wasp 'Weaponized Bumbag' Trapped in AmberResearchers Amazed To Find 99-Million-Year-Old Dangerous Wasp 'Weaponized Bumbag' Trapped in Amber Do you know the ...
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New Scientist on MSNAncient wasp may have used its rear end to trap fliesBizarre 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 ...
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 ...
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The Daily Galaxy on MSN99-million-year-old Amber Reveals Wasp With Venus Flytrap Rear EndA new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of ...
If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...
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