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"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one entomologist.
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...
An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like ... named for the sea monster in Greek mythology which ...
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild ...
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study SuggestsAn ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers ...
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