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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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Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)

Halictus ligatus is a species of sweat bee from the family Halictidae. I've been very excited to introduce them here because they look like little fuzzy angy rubber duckies to me 😂🥹 isn't it adorable!? 🐝🐥

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