Researchers discovered a new genus and species of micro-wasp with unique bulbous structures on its antennae from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber. The origin and purpose of…
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16 new species have been added to the group, Loboscelidia, based on their unique physical characteristics. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. Credit: Yu Hisasue et…
Some undiscovered species are hiding right under our noses. Ormyrus labotus, a tiny parasitoid wasp known to science since 1843, has long been considered a…
Neuroterus valhalla is a newly described species of cynipid gall wasp discovered in the branches of a live oak tree near the Rice University graduate…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a…
The new species was discovered in the dunes on Lista in Farsund municipality. Credit: Arnstein Staverløkk, NINA, CC BY3.0 A brand new species of parasitic…
Wasps provide crucial support to their extended families by babysitting at neighboring nests, according to new research by a team of biologists from the universities…
The banyan tree Ficus macrocarpa produces aerial roots that give it its distinctive look. A new study reveals the genomic changes that allow the tree…
Figs and fig wasps. Credit: WANG Gang Banyan trees are fig trees that begin their life as an epiphyte. The most noticeable feature of banyan…
Pachodynerus nasidens on 3D-printed De Haviland Dash-8 pitot probe. Credit: House et al (2020) PLOS ONE, CC BY Over a period of 39 months, invasive…
The Thistle-down velvet ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa), a type of wasp, is a rare example of a white-colored creature in a desert climate. USU researchers investigated…