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

The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp’s getup made ...

The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp’s getup made ...

The wasps, which lived almost 99 million years ago, might have launched backward at their insect targets, then grasped them within their Venus flytrap-like abdomens. “It’s unlike anything I’ ...

The trap at its waist isn’t a literal plant, but an anatomical adaptation that mirrors the snatching capacity of a Venus flytrap. The fossils shine fresh light on the solutions dreamt up by parasitic ...

While the structure bears a striking resemblance to the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, researchers believe its function differed significantly. Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap ...

One of the most striking features of S. charybdis was its abdomen, which bore a strong resemblance to a Venus flytrap plant. The abdominal apparatus consisted of three flaps, with the lower flap ...

Beginning March 27th, Venus, our planet of love, attachment, assets, and aesthetics, will move out of the hellfires of Aries — and continue its retrograde in the glitter gutter of Pisces.

Scientists have discovered a bizarre 99-million-year-old wasp preserved in amber, featuring an abdomen shaped like a Venus flytrap, according to a new study in BMC Biology. Dubbed Sirenobethylus ...