Parasitic Wasp That Caught Prey in 'Venus Flytrap' Body Discovered in Amber
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
Ancient parasitic 'Venus flytrap' wasp found preserved in amber
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...
Empress Botanical Garden in Pune home to over 130 insect species: Survey
During the survey, the team documented around 60 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera); 30 species of dragonflies ...
Wasp Numbers Explode After Long, Hot Summer
“Wasp population dynamics tend to be cyclical, so a low year is followed by a high year – and this year the stars have ...
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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
Similar, although not identical behavior has been observed among living parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nest of another wasp ...