The trap at its waist isn’t a literal plant, but an anatomical adaptation that mirrors the snatching capacity of a Venus flytrap. The fossils shine fresh light on the solutions dreamt up by ...

The closest comparison found in nature today is the Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant ... list of insects from that time that “had adaptations that are outside of the bounds of the critters ...

The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used ... that these insects developed complex host-handling adaptations much earlier than expected. It’s exciting to see ...