Another Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) for #weevilwednesday
Female Black Vine Weevils (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) have the ability to reproduce parthenogenetically with fertilisation of eggs required to produce males, though no males have been observed
This form of parthenogenesis is known as thelytoky.
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