Suetsugu-Double-Cricket_pollination (IMAGE)
Caption
A Balanophora subcupularis inflorescence (a cluster of flowers) is visited by a camel cricket seeking the plant’s pollen and nectar. Similar to bee pollination, the cricket unwittingly transfers some pollen to female flowers on the same plant or on others. Pollination by camel crickets has so far been confirmed only in one other plant species, Mitrastemon yamamotoi, which is also a non-photosynthetic parasite.
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HASHIWAKI Hiromu
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