Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: "Facultative #parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in #stickinsects?" https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.283
#EvolutionaryBiology #parthenogenesis #stickinsects
A stick insect in Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park, on Sydney’s northern fringes.
#Macro #macrophotography #insects #stickinsects
Had a bit of additional security in locking my bike up today #cycling #StickInsects
I found these two beauties doing my trap run today.
Eighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko
Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html
#wasps #newspecies #frog #naturalhistorymuseum #moths #beetles #moss #bryozoans #trematodeworms #protists #bumblebees #flies #polychaeteworms #centipede #parasiticwasps #thrips #biologicalcontrol #stickinsects #gecko
RT @stickinsect71
The NEW Natural History of Madagascar edited by Steven Goodman has just been published -- this time as an impressive two-volume opus and - guess what?!- for the first time covering the stick insects of this remarkable island #Madagascar #biodiversity #hotspot #stickinsects https://twitter.com/PrincetonNature/status/1592555262866399233
#madagascar #biodiversity #hotspot #stickinsects
Les premiers oeufs de phasmes pondus depuis mercredi :D !
First stick insects eggs layed since wednesday :D !
#phasmes #stickinsects
Les premiers oeufs de phasmes pondus depuis mercredi :D !
First stick insects eggs layed since wednesday :D !
#phasmes #stickinsects