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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz ("Dr. Dan Killam") wrote:
Scientists introduced a butterfly to an island.
They are happy to report the butterfly brought with it chestbursting endoparasitic wasps.
They're also happy to report those wasps contain another smaller parasitic wasp.
Their even happier to report those larger wasps also contain a Wolbachia bacterium that appear to be bros with the smaller wasps and help them get in.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/14/butterflies-finland-parasitic-wasps
