‘Godzilla’ Wasp Dives Underwater to Attack

OSAKA, JAPAN — Researchers have discovered a “Godzilla” wasp that deliberately dives underwater to insert parasitic eggs into its prey, according to a research article published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research. Only a few species of wasps enter water, but the newly found parasitoid wasp, dubbed Microgaster godzilla, not only enters water but dives underwater to search for and attack its prey, larvae of the moth species Elophila turbata. Elophila turbata larvae make portable cases from fragments of