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    1 year ago

    Check out the book (or audiobook) Endless Forms by Seirian Sumner! It's a fascinating exploration of the different kinds of wasps and their role in their environments. For example, some figs can only be polite (typo: pollinated) but a certain species of wasp and some wasps use antibacterial compounds to coat their nests.