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Scientists Discover Unique New Parasitic Wasp Species in Texas
The wasp's color is "almost identical" to the official colors of the residential college. A new wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas, becoming the 18th species identified by Rice University’s Scott Egan and his research team since 2014.
New wasp species bursts from flies like horrifying ‘Alien’ creatures
In a horrific discovery that seems straight out of the science-fiction movie "Alien," researchers have found a new species of wasp that erupts from the bodies of adult flies.
Gnarly wasp gruesomely rips apart fruit flies from the inside out with its larvae
Typically when a parasitoid wasp lays eggs in fruit fly larvae or pupae, the eggs hatch and young wasps develop in their host as they mature. They eat their host from the inside, ultimately killing their host before it reaches adulthood.
New Parasitic Wasp Species Is The First Known To Lay Eggs In Adult Flies
A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult fruit flies – the first of its kind ever documented. Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the perspective of their host),
Watch: New Parasitic Wasp Species Found in Mississippi Backyard
The discovery began unexpectedly in the backyard of Logan Moore, a Ph.D. student working under Ballinger. While searching for nematodes, a type of parasitic worm, the researchers inadvertently stumbled upon this wasp while collecting infected flies from Moore's home in Starkville, Mississippi.
Wasp larvae burst from adult fruit flies in gruesome new discovery
A recent study describes a new species of wasp that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies, where the wasp larva grows and then rips through when born.
'Chestburster' Wasps Erupt From Mississippi's Adult Flies in Surprise Find
It begins its life in the abdomen of adult Drosophila flies, a place that, as far as we know, no other wasps are willing to go. Though parasitoid wasps lay their young in the bodies of all kinds of insects,
New parasitic wasp species tries to implant egg in fruit fly
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A New Species Of Wasp Discovered In Mississippi Lays Its Eggs In Live Fruit Flies
A video showing the egg-laying behavior of the new species, Syntretus perlmani, into an adult Drosophila fly. After reaching the end of its in-host development period, the immature wasp emerges from the abdomen of the fly.
New species of ‘horror’ wasp discovered in the US: ‘We didn’t think it was real,’ scientists admit
Scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies ...
A Rice student found a new wasp species on campus, the 18th discovery by a University research team
Rice undergraduate Brendan O’Loughlin was taking photos and collecting bugs off live oak trees on campus for one of his professors, Scott Egan, and his research team when something caught his eye. "I ...
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Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from ...
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Another new wasp species discovered
A newly identified wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas. The discovery, the fourth wasp species found on the university grounds in seven years, reveals the ...
Golden creature emerges on a Texas college campus, researchers say. It’s a new species
A student on a Texas university campus made a unique discovery — a creature with a “goldenrod color” and “dark brown markings ...
You’re more likely to get stung by a wasp in autumn – here are seven ways to protect yourself
Often thought of as the scourge of picnics, most people fear wasps during the summer months, unaware that they are more ...
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Carbon Wasp updates Truffle-120 frame
Carbon Wasp chose the single-pivot with flex stay arrangement for the Truffle-120 because it’s tried and tested for this genre of bike and gives reliable and predictable ride characteristics. The ...
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...