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Herbivory is of extreme ecological importance and prevalence among insects.Perhaps one third (or 500,000) of all described species are herbivores. [4] Herbivorous insects are by far the most important animal pollinators, and constitute significant prey items for predatory animals, as well as acting as major parasites and predators of plants; parasitic species often induce the formation of galls.
The taxonomic name Nerium oleander was first assigned by Linnaeus in 1753. [7] The genus name Nerium is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek name for the plant nẽrion (νήριον), which is in turn derived from the Greek for water, nẽros (νηρός), because of the natural habitat of the oleander along rivers and streams.
Nectar is produced by flowering plants to attract pollinators to visit the flowers and transport pollen between them. Flowers often have specialized structures that make the nectar accessible only for animals possessing appropriate morphological structures, and there are numerous examples of coevolution between nectarivores and the flowers they ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Bouvier's red colobus. P. bouvieri Rochebrune, 1887: Congo (in purple on left) Size: 41–70 cm (16–28 in) long, plus 42–80 cm (17–31 in) tail [22] Habitat: Forest [23] Diet: Fruit, seeds, and leaves [22] EN Unknown [23] Foa's red ...
Scientific name Flavor Color Common name Abelmoschus esculentus: Vegetal: Medium-yellow: Okra Anthriscus cerefolium: Herbal: White: Chervil Asparagus officinalis
The flowers are produced in early summer in dense terminal corymbs; each flower is 5–10 mm diameter, with five rounded white petals; they have a mild, hawthorn-like scent. The fruit is a small pome , 4–12 mm across, bright red and berry-like, produced large quantities, maturing in the fall and often persisting well into the winter.
Lovebird is the common name for the genus Agapornis, a small group of parrots in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae.Of the nine species in the genus, all are native to the African continent, with the grey-headed lovebird being native to the African island of Madagascar.
Crab spider feeding on a Junonia atlites butterfly in a Zinnia elegans flower. The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders.