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INSECTS ATTRACTED BY FRAGRANCE OR BRILLANCY OF FLOWERS FOR PURPOSES OF CROSS–FERTILIZATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
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Nowehere in the flora or insect fauna do we see it better illustrated than by some of our Argynnids and Asclepiadaceœ. It must therefore be admitted that these Asclepiads are striking example of entomophilous of insect-loving plants, and anyone in quest of insects will not be disappointed by dilgently studying the distribution of the Milk-weed family. Lepidoptera and hymenoptera visit these plants.
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* The sense of smell is very acute in insects, and they are attracted to nidorous flowersby a faint odour of the honey, which is imperceptible to mankind.