Word: aphid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Strangest of Mr. Teale's beasts: the aphid (plant louse), which reproduces by parthenogenesis (without mating), gives birth to males only in autumn, is so prolific that if all descendants of one aphid could possibly survive throughout a summer, their mass weight would be 822,000,000 tons. Most intelligent insect: the ant, though the wasp and bee run it a close second. Most surprising insect: the dragon fly, which is so fond of live meat it will even eat parts of itself, starting at the tail and eating toward its mouth...