Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

Over time, the egg would hatch inside, with the wasp larvae nibbling on it from the inside. Scientists say they realised this after spotting that the wasp’s ovipositor, its egg-laying organ, is tucked ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

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

Instead, they theorized that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an unwitting host for its eggs. Its larvae then started their lives as ...

Scientists have discovered a extinct parasitic wasp with an abdomen that worked like a Venus flytrap inside a 99-million-year ...

This would allow the wasp larva to feed on and ultimately consume the captured host. It's a playbook adapted by many parasitic wasps, including modern-day cuckoo and bethylid wasps, to exploit ...