#parasitic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #parasitic, aggregated by home.social.
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Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. #swarthmore #dodder #parasite #parasitic #botany #plants #cuscuta #nature #vines #convolvulaceae #ricohgriiix
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@loren I have Australia's largest bee for you: Megachile monstrosa.
Marked as sensitive as it may appear scary, but this solitary bee uses her huge mandibles to dig a nest in solid wood.
In the last photo, you can see her enlarging a knot hole while a gasteruption wasp (parasitic) waits for an opportunity to lay her egg on the bee's egg. Wood shavings were falling on me as I took this photo from below.
#WesternAustralia #Bees #Megachile #Gasteruption #Wasps #Parasitic #Nesting #Nature