cm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 day agoI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1319cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1319imageI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlcm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
minus-squareStarstarz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·20 hours agoIt’s impossible for me to forget that all bees (& wasps & ants) are order HYMENOPERTA, literally named for them being 99% virgin females So I am totally stumped.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoHymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 hours agoBees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.
It’s impossible for me to forget that all bees (& wasps & ants) are order HYMENOPERTA, literally named for them being 99% virgin females
So I am totally stumped.
Hymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.
Bees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.
Hymenoptera* 🤭