Bee pollinating a flowerSoldier beetle covered with pollen
Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, especially but not only of flowering plants, is distributed by insects. Flowers pollinated by insects typically advertise themselves with bright colours, sometimes with conspicuous patterns (honey guides) leading to rewards of pollen and nectar; they may also have an attractive scent which in some cases mimics insect pheromones. Insect pollinators such as bees have adaptations for their role, such as lapping or sucking mouthparts to take in nectar, and in some species also pollen baskets on their hind legs. This required the coevolution of insects and flowering plants in the development of pollination behaviour by the insects and pollination mechanisms by the flowers, benefiting both groups. Both the size and the density of a population are known to affect pollination and subsequent reproductive performance.[1]
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Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, especially but not only of flowering plants, is distributed by insects...
flies, these are also indicated. Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form of plant pollination whereby pollen is distributed by...
or year-round in areas free of frost. They are pollinated by insects (entomophily) as its sweet honey-like fragrance is attractive to bees, flower flies...
Splachnaceae is the only family of bryophytes in which entomophily has been observed. Entomophily is especially common within the genera Splachnum and Tayloria...
to echolocate it. Most species of Lepidoptera engage in some form of entomophily (more specifically psychophily and phalaenophily for butterflies and...
and prevent self-pollination. Flowers use animals including: insects (entomophily), birds (ornithophily), bats (chiropterophily), lizards, and even snails...
is referred to as hydrophilly. Insect pollination is referred to as entomophily, bird pollination is referred to as omithophily, and snail pollination...
micropylar coma of long silky hair. Pollination is performed by bees (entomophily) by the following mechanism: The stigmas and androecia are fused to form...
same time can be an out-crosser by anemophily (wind pollination) or entomophily (insect pollination). Its seed is the castor bean, which despite the...
them have co-evolved. Many plants that are pollinated by insects (in entomophily), bats, or birds (in ornithophily) have highly specialized flowers modified...
through October. The flowers are hermaphrodite and pollinated by insects (entomophily). The most common flower visitors are Syrphidae and Hymenoptera, but...
members of the genus Thalictrum utilize anemophily while others utilize entomophily. Flowers of the entomophilous genus Papaver, also of the Ranunculales...
Hawaii's non-migratory monarch butterflies. Calotropis is an example of entomophily pollination (pollination by insects) and pollination is achieved with...
are hot and dry. This species has two different pollination syndromes, entomophily and anemophily; it is pollinated by insects and wind. Insect pollinators...
flowers are pollinated by various bees like Andrena agilissima and flies (entomophily). Rhamphospermum arvense is the host plant of the caterpillars of some...
flowers are pollinated by insects (bees, flies, butterflies, etc.) (entomophily). The fruit is a capsule with five pores near the base, where the seeds...
visitors, these include monkeys, lemurs, squirrels, rodents and possums. Entomophily, pollination by insects, often occurs on plants that have developed colored...
moss or petticoat moss, is a genus of moss that is well known for its entomophily. It commonly grows on patches of dung or decomposing animal matter. The...
the seeds ripen from May to June. Pollination is granted by insects (entomophily) - mainly bees, bumblebees and butterflies - the spread of seeds over...
united in the same individual plant. Pollination is granted by insects (entomophily). The fruits are greenish berries of about 1 centimetre (0.39 in)long...
Smooth and not lobed or toothed (though possibly wavy or scalloped). entomophily A form of pollination whereby pollen or spores are distributed by insects...
amounts of nectar and pollen that attract insects which pollinate them (entomophily), particularly bees and wasps (hymenopterophily), butterflies (psychophily)...
in its own family, Bretschneideraceae. B. sinensis has an outcrossing entomophily breeding system with protogyny and a high P/O ratio, and is pollinated...
alternatives.[citation needed] In pollination, pollinators including insects (entomophily), some birds (ornithophily), and some bats, transfer pollen from a male...
pollinated by moths (hence the name "moth plant"), butterflies and bees (entomophily), but they can self-pollinate. The flowering period extends from late...
always) coevolutionary association is derived from insect pollination (entomophily) and is particularly well developed in some parts of the world, especially...
shrews and bats). The latter two means were evolutionarily derived from entomophily in different, independent events. The dispersion of some species exhibit...
floral morphology of the fragrant, predominantly white flowers infers entomophily and they are thought to be pollinated by moths. The three-lobed labellum...
anthers shed abundant yellow pollen. This plant is pollinated by insects (entomophily), especially by bees. The flowering period extends from April through...
hermaphrodite. It blooms from June to July and it is pollinated by insects (entomophily), where as seeds are disseminated by the animals. Plant of Adonis pyrenaica...
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