Tag: moth pollination
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Pollination Syndromes: Moths

This post is based on one that was originally published on May 22, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). This photo shows a hummingbird clearwing moth pollinating phlox in daylight. Flowers pollinated by diurnal moth species generally fit the butterfly pollination syndrome: they open in the daytime and often have corolla tubes…