cm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 11 days agoI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlcm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareStarstarz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 days 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-up5·10 days agoHymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days 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.
Hymenoptera* 🤭
Bees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.