OTTAWA, Ontario (CBS/AP) — Entomologist Bob Anderson has named over 120 species of beetles in his life, but it’s safe to say this is the first one he’s named after a former Philile. Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around.
Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature has dubbed a newly discovered species of beetle Sicoderus bautistai after the former Toronto Blue Jays star.
Anderson decided to name the insect — known as a weevil for its long snout — after Bautista because of the bat-flip home run that propelled Toronto to the 2015 American League Championship Series.