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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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Parasitic wasp had a 'flytrap' for snatching its victims
Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.