A recent study published in BMC Biology has uncovered a 99-million-year-old parasitic wasp trapped in amber from Myanmar’s Kachin region. This ancient wasp, named Sirenobethylus charybdis, lived during the time of dinosaurs and had a very unusual way of hunting. Female wasps had special flap-like parts on their abdomen, covered in bristles. These flaps looked like tiny Venus flytraps and worked like small bear traps—not to kill, but to tightly hold other insects. Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Capital Normal University, and the Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum led the study. They think the wasp used the flaps to grip a host insect while laying an egg. Once the egg hatched, the baby wasp would eat the host from the inside—a common behavior in parasitic wasps. What makes this wasp special is the unique shape of its body, which shows a type of evolution not seen before in fossils. While some modern wasps have similar behaviors, none have the same complex body features. Scientists say this discovery gives valuable insight into insect evolution.