Common names include “ichneumon fly” and “scorpion wasp,” though they're related to neither flies nor scorpions. ... They look wasp-ish, and they are in the Order Hymenoptera, but they are in the Family Ichneumonidae rather than being grouped with the familiar stinging wasps. What is t...
Most biological structures having the ability to penetrate through a hard substrate (like spider fang, scorpion stinger, parasitoid ovipositor14 etc.) have a tip with higher stiffness. But, in our study of mosquito labrum15, the nanomechanical properties revealed that the tip of the labrum has ...