“Soul-Sucking Dementor” wasp named for Harry Potter character turns …

Scientists have documented more than a hundred new species in southeast Asia. One of them is a wasp named after a "Harry Potter" character. Published at 3:03 pm ET, Fri May 29 2015. Just Watched. replay. THAILAND 

But last week, Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling retweeted its photo, and the buzz helped propel the insect with a creepy sting to worldwide fame. Possibly for eons before, it had lived in obscurity in an enormous Southeast Asian jungle, until it was

A species of wasp discovered in Thailand has been named for evil spirits invented by J. K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books.

In 1998, Nintendo tried to purchase the rights to Harry Potter from JK Rowling to turn them into video games, before they were ultimately sold to WB for £1m.

A species of wasp discovered in Thailand has been named for evil spirits invented by J. K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books.