Ambrosia beetles breed and maintain their own food fungi (IMAGE)

University of Freiburg

Ambrosia beetles breed and maintain their own food fungi

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The bark beetle species Xyleborinus saxesenii has agricultural skills.

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Gernot Kunz

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