Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating ... when prey flies inside, according to the new study. “There’s no way you can know how an insect that died ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region ... which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp ...

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

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

It’s quite often you see air bubbles around specimens in amber,” said study co-author ... leaves that snap shut when prey flies inside, according to the new study.“There’s no way you can know how an ...

It’s quite often you see air bubbles around specimens in amber,” said ... when prey flies inside, according to the new study.“There’s no way you can know how an insect that died 100 ...