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

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

The research team says in their study that the findings suggest "Chrysidoidea displayed a wider range of parasitoid strategies in the mid-Cretaceous than they do today." The researchers hypothesize ...