"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

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

There are 133 known species and they all lead solitary lives. They are named after their habit of hunting tarantulas, which are often considerably larger than themselves - but these wasps do so with ...

Paper wasps come in a rainbow of colors, including red, yellow, black, and brown, and are on the larger end of the spectrum at 3/4 to 1 inch in length. Non-aggressive species of wasps include ...

So you look for analogs in modern insect fauna. Do we have anything among wasps or other groups that looks like this?” he said. “And there’s no real analog within insects. We had to go all ...