Rare cuckoo wasp species lays its eggs in other bees hives Dan Avery For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
Cuckoo wasps are the ultimate bad houseguests, hiding their eggs in other insect s nests and then allowing them to hatch and eat their siblings.
Researchers in Norway were able to identify an entirely new cuckoo wasp based on a single specimen.
To infiltrate the homes of unsuspecting wasps, the killer insects mimic their hosts pheromones and to avoid inbreeding, each species of cuckoo wasp chooses a different host.
While the newcomer was visually and genetically almost identical to Chrysis brevitarsis, it spoke a different chemical language, meaning it was an entirely new species
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More than 500,000 Americans live within three miles of gas flares Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
More than a half a million Americans are exposed to oil and gas flaring events, resulting in potential health risks due to the release of black carbon and other volatile organic compounds into the air.
Researchers at the University of California Las Angles and the University of Southern California identified three regions that produce the most activity, which includes sites in Texas, North Dakota and Montana.
The team calculated some 535,000 people are currently living within three miles of these oil and gas flaring sites and roughly 210,000 located near sites that produce more than 100 nightly flare events in total.