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Xylosandrus compactus

  • ... that male black twig borers normally mate with their sisters?
    • ALT1:... that adult female black twig borers carry a fungal symbiont with them when they fly to a new host tree? Source: "Male beetles are flightless, remain solely in brood galleries, and arise from parthenogenesis" "Pupation and mating of brood adults occurs in the infested material. " "The fungal symbiont was identified as Fusarium solani"

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 14:15, 8 March 2017 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hooks cited, agf paywalled sources. Much prefer original hook. GTG Jakob (talk) 01:55, 11 March 2017 (UTC)