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Wasp that eats host alive named after Attenborough for his 100th birthday

Researchers at London's Natural History Museum named a parasitic Chilean wasp Attenboroughnculus tau after broadcaster Sir David Attenborough for his 100th birthday on May 8. The brownish wasp, only 3.5 millimetres long, features two distinctive t-shaped markings on its abdomen. Attenborough now has over 50 species named after him, including five other wasps.

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