They’ve named the wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis—a reference to the famous female sea monster of ancient Greek legend. The bug and its unique appearance likely represents a previously unknown ...

charybdis trapped in amber. The specimens were all recovered from the Kachin region of northern Myanmar. Based on the wasps' body design, the team believes that the species was a "koinobiont"—a ...

The previously unknown species, now named Sirenobethylus charybdis, had a Venus flytrap ... that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an ...

Specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis, or S. charybdis, named after the Greek mythological sea monster Charybdis, would use their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey ...