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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 Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
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The Largest Prehistoric Arthropod Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
Arthropods are all around us today. While several creatures that fall under the designation, such as spiders and insects that ...
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Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...
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World's largest insect faces extinction: How to save two species of Africa's giant Goliath beetle
One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...