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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
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, ...
Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis: Bizarre wasp with ‘venus flytrap’ abdomen found after 99M years
A 99-million-year-old wasp fossil buried in amber, which shows an unusual, jaw-like abdominal trait, implies an horrific ...