Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host insects, a behavior that has traditionally been considered accidental.

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure ... the researchers detected a needle-like structure that the parasitic wasps might have used to deposit their eggs in or on their prey.

If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in disguise ... by many insects to lay eggs. I’m sure you can see ...

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

A newly discovered species of parasitic wasp that lived alongside dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago may have ... Instead, they propose that the wasp used it to seize other insects just long ...

(CNN) — A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew ... Instead, they theorized that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew ... Instead, they theorized that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an unwitting host ...

A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago ... but to hold onto a host long enough to inject its eggs. Once released, the unfortunate creature would become an unwitting host for the ...