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Scientists have discovered an ancient wasp with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey. More than a dozen female wasps were found preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from northern Myanmar, dating back to the dinosaurs. Scientists think the wasp used its back flaps and teeth-like hairs to hold an insect still so the wasp could lay an egg that would feed on and drain its new host…
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A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
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Scientists have discovered an ancient wasp with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey. More than a dozen female wasps were found preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from northern Myanmar, dating back to the dinosaurs. Scientists think the wasp used its back flaps and teeth-like hairs to hold an insect still
