Tag

Plant Mimicry

All articles tagged with #plant mimicry

Plant Mimics Ants to Attract Pollinators

Originally Published 2 months ago — by Mongabay

Scientists documented a Japanese plant, Vincetoxicum nakaianum, that mimics the smell of injured ants to attract flies that inadvertently pollinate it, revealing a sophisticated form of floral deception based on scent rather than visual cues.

science science ant-mimicry chemical-signaling floral-deception plant-mimicry pollination science

New Plant Mimics Ants to Attract Pollinators

Originally Published 3 months ago — by The Guardian

Researchers discovered a Japanese plant, Vincetoxicum nakaianum, that attracts pollinating flies by mimicking the scent of half-eaten ants, a unique form of plant deception that enhances its reproductive success by exploiting the flies' attraction to injured ants' odours.

science science ant-odour deceptive-tactics plant-mimicry pollination science vincetoxicum-nakaianum