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Dung beetles (Scarabaeus laticollis) and dung ballDecomposer insects are those that feed on dead or rotten bodies of plants or animals. These insects are called saprophages [12] and fall into three main categories: those that feed on dead or dying plant matter, those that feed on dead animals (carrion), and those that feed on excrement (feces) of other animals.
Some flowers have patterns, called nectar guides, that show pollinators where to look for nectar; they may be visible only under ultraviolet light, which is visible to bees and some other insects. [65] Flowers also attract pollinators by scent, though not all flower scents are appealing to humans; several flowers are pollinated by insects that ...
Pollination of flowering plants by insects including bees, butterflies, flies, and beetles, is economically important. [162] The value of insect pollination of crops and fruit trees was estimated in 2021 to be about $34 billion in the US alone. [163] Insects produce useful substances such as honey, [164] wax, [165] [166] lacquer [167] and silk ...
The evolution from solitary flowers to the production of inflorescences is also thought to be influenced by pollinator behaviour. Clusters of flowers may increase the visitation rates of pollinators. It may also reduce the risk of damage to individual flowers. [13] The production of volatile chemicals by flowers is targeted towards insects.
The deep purple and white flowers of Oncidium "Sharry Baby" have the intoxicating smell of chocolate. Dancing lady orchids are light loving orchids that can live in 40-70% humidity.
Specialist ambush predators of visitors to flowers include crab spiders, which wait on flowering plants for pollinating insects; predatory bugs, and praying mantises, [90] some of which (the flower mantises of the tropics) wait motionless, aggressive mimics camouflaged as flowers. [94]
British Entomology is a classic work of entomology by John Curtis, FLS.It is subtitled Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which they are Found.
The natural Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) wrote a book on the kinds of insects, [4] while the scientist of Kufa, Ibn al-A'rābī (760–845 CE) wrote a book on flies, Kitāb al-Dabāb (كتاب الذباب). However scientific study in the modern sense began only relatively recently, in the 16th century. [5]