The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached to the end of it,” said study co-author Lars Vilhelmsen from the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

The species likely used its unique apparatus to trap its hosts, scientists said. An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

Paleontologists have discovered a disturbing new species of ancient wasp that restrained its prey using its Venus flytrap-like abdomen before laying eggs in the victim. The parasite, named Sirenobethylus charybdis after the seawater-swallowing monster from Greek mythology,