"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber ...

but their natural history tells us how beetles like this one with its bizarre, antler-like lobes thrived in the amber forest. Though social wasps are one of its prey, such beetles do not have to ...

Studying C. maculate-D. coccinellae interactions in the lab, Dheilly and her colleagues found that the onset of beetle behavioral modification occurred long after the bite and oviposition by the wasp.

This discovery offers also insights into a prehistoric past. Modern Chrysidoidea wasps exhibit "a range of life histories" from parasitizing beetle larvae to laying eggs in stick insects and ...