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To: Deaf Smith
The most symbiotic relationships are where each species cannot live without the other. They fully depend on each other.

Probably the most well-know of these is Yucca Plant and Yucca Moth (Tegeticula sp.). One of the most extraordinary partnerships between an insect and the plant that it pollinates is that of the yucca and the yucca moth. They are so interdependent that one cannot live without the other. Actually, there are a number of species of yucca, each with its corresponding partner, a species of Tegeticula or Parategeticula moth. This mutually beneficial relationship probably started as a relationship of exploitation with the moth feeding on the yucca. This is still the case with a number of close relatives of Tegeticula, members of the Prodoxidae family.

11 posted on 09/29/2024 8:30:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Could be a suicide pact. Most commensal relationships have an out.


13 posted on 09/29/2024 8:34:40 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
One of the most extraordinary partnerships between an insect and the plant that it pollinates is that of the yucca and the yucca moth. They are so interdependent that one cannot live without the other.

Yuccan't live without me.

57 posted on 09/30/2024 5:54:21 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator..)
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