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Meet the Joey Bats beetle.

Former Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista has inspired the name of a new weevil species that ain’t so pretty to look but bears his name proudly. (We think.)

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The tiny black insect with a long snout from the Dominican Republic, Bautista’s home nation, has now been scientifically recorded as Sicoderus Bautistai.

It’s known to frequent forests where it feeds on vines.

The discovery of several new species of weevils was made by Ottawa-based Canadian Museum of Nature entomologist Dr. Bob Anderson when he was in the Dominican.

Bautista, 38, currently unsigned, is best known for his 2015 home run celebrated by his famous bat flip which sent the Jays to the American League final for the first time in 22 years.