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Scrolling for science: How a Twitter post discovered a new wasp in Fukuoka, Japan

Scrolling for science: How a Twitter post discovered a new wasp in Fukuoka, Japan
Phys.org Wednesday 01 July 2026, 20:20 UTC 1 min read
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The next time you post a nature photo online, you might be contributing to a major scientific breakthrough—just as several citizen scientists did when they helped discover the wasp Eupelmus curvator in Japan.

The next time you post a nature photo online, you might be contributing to a major scientific breakthrough—just as several citizen scientists did when they helped discover the wasp Eupelmus curvator in Japan.
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