Lukas VF Novak on Nostr: Tiny wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction ...
Tiny wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/tiny-parasitic-wasp-rarest-species-bird-extinction-wilkins-bunting
"The Wilkins’ bunting lives on Nightingale Island (#TristanDaCunha group). It eats the fruit of the Phylica arborea, the island’s only native tree... invasive #ScaleInsects secrete honeydew, which encourages the growth of a sooty #mould that weakens and eventually kills P. arborea... a small parasitoid wasp prevents the insects from breeding... Scientists believe that the #wasps have helped save the #birds"
"The Wilkins’ bunting lives on Nightingale Island (#TristanDaCunha group). It eats the fruit of the Phylica arborea, the island’s only native tree... invasive #ScaleInsects secrete honeydew, which encourages the growth of a sooty #mould that weakens and eventually kills P. arborea... a small parasitoid wasp prevents the insects from breeding... Scientists believe that the #wasps have helped save the #birds"