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

One of the oddest parental strategies on display in nature — like something out of a horror movie — is that of the adult cockroach wasp, a new species of which was discovered in China ...

The scientists examined 16 adult female specimens of the insect collected from amber originally found in the Kachin region of northern Myanmar. Based on an analysis of its physical characteristics ...

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The Natural History Museum says adult wasps don’t eat the prey they kill, but rather they capture the insects, chop them up, carry parts back to the nest, and feed them to their young, known as ...