A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

Its larvae then started their lives as parasites in or on the host’s body and likely ended up eating ... parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their ...

A newly identified wasp that buzzed among the dinosaurs had ... sirenobethylus charybdis may have written the playbook that cuckoo wasps follow today. Named after the wily cuckoo bird, these ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...

It’s a playbook adapted by many parasitic wasps, including modern-day cuckoo and bethylid wasps, to exploit insects. But no known wasp or any other insect does so with bizarre flaps quite like ...

For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nest of another wasp species ... on the host’s body and likely ended up eating the host entirely, Vilhelmsen said.

Its larvae then started their lives as parasites in or on the host’s body and likely ended up eating ... parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay ...