Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to immobilise other insects ...

Modern-day parasitoids of the superfamily Chrysidoidea include cuckoo wasps and bethylid wasps. However, the S. charybdis specimens possess a unique pattern of veins in the hind wing that suggests the ...

A 99-million-year-old wasp species used a Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture prey and may represent a new insect family, revealing unexpected diversity in ancient parasitoid behavior. An extinct ...