FundMECFS to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 9 days ago"Save the Bees, Murder the Wasps"message-square24fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@psyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish13•9 days agoIf you wanna learn about some more wasp pollination, look up fig wasps (Agaonidae). Wasps are legitimately one of the coolest groups of animals.
minus-square@tigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_coevolution_in_Ficus
minus-square@Admax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoIndeed very cool, but also quite disturbing the more you learn about less common wasps…
minus-square@psyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-29 days agoHaha there’s a reason why the Xenomorph from Alien is in part inspired by parasitoid wasps.
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoNow tell me something nice about flies and mosquitoes so I don’t go on a murder rampage.
minus-square@psyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 days agoSome species of flies and mosquitoes are also pollinators. One cute example of pollinating flies are the Bombyliidae. Mosquito larvae are also important food sources for aquatic and semi-aquatic species like frogs and fish.
If you wanna learn about some more wasp pollination, look up fig wasps (Agaonidae). Wasps are legitimately one of the coolest groups of animals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_coevolution_in_Ficus
Indeed very cool, but also quite disturbing the more you learn about less common wasps…
Haha there’s a reason why the Xenomorph from Alien is in part inspired by parasitoid wasps.
Now tell me something nice about flies and mosquitoes so I don’t go on a murder rampage.
Some species of flies and mosquitoes are also pollinators. One cute example of pollinating flies are the Bombyliidae. Mosquito larvae are also important food sources for aquatic and semi-aquatic species like frogs and fish.