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Flowers are known for their pretty colors and pleasant aromas. These are visual and olfactory cues to pollinators.
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What helps attract pollinators?
Pollinators such as bees, butterflies and other insects or birds are attracted to the colors and smells of certain flowers. During the feeding process cross pollination occurs.
How does the location of nectaries help to pollinate the flower?
Pollinators are attracted to the nectar. When they are feeding on the nectar, they pick up pollen and/or deposit pollen. The location of the nectaries is such as to make the pollinators touch the pollen to pick it up or to deposit it.
How many pollinators are there?
2,478,693 pollinators
Attract pollinators to the flower?
Petals attract pollinators.
What are some adaptations of flower petals to help attract pollinators?
Floral modifications are usually the result of plants being particular about the type of animal they wish to entice to pollinate. The modifications include colorful petals, as well as modified shapes
Are snakes pollinators?
No. Snakes do not pollinate flowers. They are predators.
Are insects needed to pollinate flowers?
Yes, insects are needed to pollinate some flowers but no, they are not needed to pollinate all flowers. Insects count -- along with bats, birds, and some mammals and reptiles -- among nature's pollinators.
How are angiosperm and its pollinators mutually rewarded by their relationship?
The angiosperms are pollinated and the pollinators get what they need. An example is honey bees, which pollinate flowers and also get what they need to make their hives.
how are angiosperms and its pollinators mutually rewarded by their relationships?
The angiosperms are pollinated and the pollinators get what they need. An example is honey bees, which pollinate flowers and also get what they need to make their hives.
If a flower is not pollinated will it die?
Flowers can flower if there are no bees since bees are not the only pollinators. Birds such as hummingbirds, insects and wind can help pollinate flowers in the absence of bees, one of the world's most efficient pollinators.
How does a frangipani reproduce?
The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.
What helps to pollinate flowers that do not have bright colours and sweet smell?
Flowers that smell like rotting meat rely on carrion flies for pollination. They pollinate as it normally does but instead of pollinators or insects to help it pollinate, other resources like wind, help the pollen get around easily due to is light weight
Do cicadas pollinate flowers?
No, cicadas do not function as pollinators. As members of the True Bug order Hemiptera, the Cicada has piercing and sucking mouthparts. They primarially pierce the twigs of bushes and tress and then feed on the sap within. Since they are not attracted to flowers there is no way for them to intentionally or unintentionally pollinate anything.
What 3 things pollinate flowers other than insects?
okay. IDK! i come on answer.com to get the answer, but nonononononono! you haven't answered it. :( COME ON! it's an emergency! actually, i think bees are the only animals that pollinate flowers...right?
Do African honeybees pollinate flowers?
Yes, African honeybees pollinate flowers. The insects in question (Apis mellifera scutellata) sip upon nectar and take away pollen, just like other bees. They therefore will have to be considered, despite their invasive aggressiveness, among the world's beneficial insects and insect pollinators.
What type of pollinators do dahlias have?
Bees will pollinate dahlias. Humans can pollinate dahlias by hand so that they can create new cultivars.
What do flowers attract?
"pollinators"
