A new wasp species has been discovered by a grad student at the LSU Ag Center and has been named Joeburrowi, after former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. Entomologist Nathan Lord with the LSU Ag Center says the name is appropriate due to the insect’s unique pattern.
“It has these tiger-striped coloration patterns and when we were doing this work it was right at the rise of LSU’s historic season last year and Joe Burrow winning the Heisman and being selected number one.”
Ilgoo Kang discovered the wasp during LSU’s championship run. Lord says it’s a great way for his student to honor Burrow.
“Given that we’re at LSU and finding a wasp during LSU’s special season, I thought it was pretty neat that my student wanted to name it after Joe.”
This particular species of wasp is very rare, as Lord says so far this is the only wasp of its kind that has been discovered.
“The wasp itself, there’s only a single specimen, and it was found in Malaysia right on the border of Thailand”
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