The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen, 1862
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The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen, 1862
The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen, 1862. This shows seven pairs of pollinia of Orchis pyramidalis on the moths proboscis. The pollen would have become attached when the insect fed on the flowers nectar. When the next Orchis pyramidalis was visited the pollen would be left in a flower, thus cross-fertilizing it. From The Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin. (London, 1862)
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Aged Charles Darwin Charles Robert Controversy Darwin Fertility Insect Natural History Naturalist Orchid Oxford Science Archive Pioneer Scientist Theory Of Evolution
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