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[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry to inform you that the fact is made up. It's more like 25% in the case of ants. I wrote more in another comment.

But there are greenfly who can reproduce sexually or asexually. In the former case, they have two parents โ€“ boring. But females can just have daughters with the same genetics. They don't lie eggs but are live bearing so they get pregnant when they choose to. And there isn't an age limit. In fact they can be pregnant and their daughter is already pregnant before birth, all genetically identical.