Tiny Plant Enemies May Set Global Patterns of Biodiversity (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Tiny Plant Enemies May Set Global Patterns of Biodiversity

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This is an exit hole drilled in a black oak acorn by an insect that lays its egg on the developing flowers and hatches inside the acorn. Shot at the Tyson ForestGEO plot in Eureka, Missouri.

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Photo: Jonathan Myers

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