Researcher Studies How Flowers Fight Back Against Damaging Insect Visitors
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 07:49
in Biology & Nature
Though summer's flowers appear delicate and carefree to us, in fact plants must be tough enough to defend their blossoms against antagonists including florivores and nectar robbers, that is, insects who eat, steal or destroy nectar and flowers without performing beneficial pollination services.