Horror movie bugs: new wasp species builds nest with the bodies of dead ants

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJul 2, 2014, 2:00 pm50 pts
If ants made horror movies this is probably what it would look like: mounds of murdered ants sealed up in a cell. The villain of the piece—at least from the perspective of the ants—is a new species of spider wasp, which scientists have aptly dubbed the bone-house wasp (Deuteragenia ossarium) in a paper…

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