cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/77583

Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science.


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[–] 5 points 1 day ago

Do they make shrill and unpleasant sounds?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Sarah Schroeder, a UC Riverside doctoral student in entomology, hopes that naming these insects after the singer will bring attention to the insects themselves and insect conservation more generally.

    Psh, that's stupid.

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    Wow, they live their entire lives on the same tree. What is a "she oak" anyway?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    It's a tree native to Australian. In reality it looks nothing like an Oak, but rather has needle like leaves (think pine, but not quite the same).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    a genus of plant-feeding insects

    I thought those were called Swifties.

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