#broodparasite — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #broodparasite, aggregated by home.social.
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@grrlscientist great article about recent #research on the #eggmimicry in #cuckoos with fascination information about the number of distinct #eggvariations a cuckoo female can produce to be able to mimic as #broodparasite a greater diversity of #hostspecies. Fascinating are especially the findings about the genetic basics for all that in the European cuckoo.
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That said, this is cuckoo flat tailed leafcutter bee on a tickseed flower from late June. The cuckoo variety is a brood parasite and lays their eggs in the nests of flat tailed leafcutter bees.
#cuckoobee #broodparasite #bees #pollinators #nature #tickseedflower #wildlife #insects #critters #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo