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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:54, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Xylosandrus compactus

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  • ... that male black twig borers normally mate with their sisters?
    • ALT1:... that adult female black twig borers carry a fungal symbiont with them when they fly to a new host tree? Source: "Male beetles are flightless, remain solely in brood galleries, and arise from parthenogenesis" "Pupation and mating of brood adults occurs in the infested material. " "The fungal symbiont was identified as Fusarium solani"

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 14:15, 8 March 2017 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hooks cited, agf paywalled sources. Much prefer original hook. GTG Jakob (talk) 01:55, 11 March 2017 (UTC)