FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day ago"Save the Bees, Murder the Wasps"message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-square"Save the Bees, Murder the Wasps"FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepsyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoNow tell me something nice about flies and mosquitoes so I don’t go on a murder rampage.
minus-squarepsyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours 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.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_coevolution_in_Ficus
minus-squareAdmax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoIndeed very cool, but also quite disturbing the more you learn about less common wasps…
minus-squarepsyspoop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 hours agoHaha there’s a reason why the Xenomorph from Alien is in part inspired by parasitoid wasps.
If you wanna learn about some more wasp pollination, look up fig wasps (Agaonidae). Wasps are legitimately one of the coolest groups of animals.
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.
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.