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minus-square@ryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish16•4 days agoAphids do sexual reproduction in autumn. It’s just spring/summer they clone.
minus-square@Vex_Detrause@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 days agoHow can I subscribe to aphids trivia?
minus-square@ryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoI wish I didn’t know. As far as I can tell 1 week to hatch and 1 week to reach maturity seems like a good rule of thumb. Different species have different temperature optimums but I can’t see how that is practically relevant to anyone.
minus-square@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days ago I wish I didn’t know. It could be worse. You could know that bedbugs reproduce through a process called “tramatic insemination”
minus-squareThe Bard in GreenlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoI knew that. They also thrive on incest, and love to breed with their own parents and siblings. Bedbugs are already just super gross, but the more you learn about their biology the more gross they become.
Aphids don’t care.
Aphids do sexual reproduction in autumn. It’s just spring/summer they clone.
How can I subscribe to aphids trivia?
I wish I didn’t know.
As far as I can tell 1 week to hatch and 1 week to reach maturity seems like a good rule of thumb. Different species have different temperature optimums but I can’t see how that is practically relevant to anyone.
It could be worse. You could know that bedbugs reproduce through a process called “tramatic insemination”
I knew that.
They also thrive on incest, and love to breed with their own parents and siblings.
Bedbugs are already just super gross, but the more you learn about their biology the more gross they become.