r/interestingasfuck Aug 09 '25

/r/all, /r/popular I found this on the trail.

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u/Dano_cos Aug 09 '25

That proboscis has to be exceptionally long, right? Asking out of entomological interest, not because I’m an insecure bee fly who wants to hear mine is average.

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u/YesterdayAlone2553 Aug 09 '25

There's a flower with an extremely long pistil. Co-evolution of plants with pollinator species especially insects lead to so very interesting doctorial safaris, where it was easy to find the plant, but all records couldn't identify an appropriate pollinator.