Mummy-making wasps discovered in Ecuador: New insect species named after Shakira and Jimmy Fallon

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Some Ecuadorian tribes were famous for making mummified shrunken heads from the remains of their conquered foes. Field work in the cloud forests of Ecuador by Professor Scott Shaw, University of Wyoming, Laramie, and colleagues, has resulted in the discovery of 24 new species of Aleiodes wasps that mummify … Continue reading Mummy-making wasps discovered in Ecuador: New insect species named after Shakira and Jimmy Fallon