Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNew 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down10
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkNew 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australiawww.bbc.co.ukLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoAdding this to my “why you don’t go to Australia” list. Item 576.
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoIt’s a native bee, it is tiny and harmless. Interestingly I was reading the other day about an extinct Aussie crocodile they called a drop crocodile becase they bused to drop on their prey from trees. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-australian-crocs-insights-ancient-ecosystems.html
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoGreat. Now there’s also dropcrocks.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoOk, thanks for the additional context. Back down to 575.
Adding this to my “why you don’t go to Australia” list. Item 576.
It’s a native bee, it is tiny and harmless.
Interestingly I was reading the other day about an extinct Aussie crocodile they called a drop crocodile becase they bused to drop on their prey from trees.
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-australian-crocs-insights-ancient-ecosystems.html
Great. Now there’s also dropcrocks.
Ok, thanks for the additional context. Back down to 575.