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Lamier blanc
Lamium album L. Lamiaceae
#fridayflowers #flowerfriday #Flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #nature
#photography #photographie #fotografia #fotografie

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@wplalonde@lgbtqia.space · 3 days ago

Eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) hugging a swamp aster (𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮), as bittersweet nightshade (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢) berries look on:

#BloomScrollingWithBee #BloomScrolling #bumblebee #flowers #berries #WildFlowers

A cute fuzzy black and yellow bumblebee clings to the golden disc at the center of many pale blue petals (ray florets). There are similar flowers to the left, some unopened, and a number of bright red berries behind those. The background of it all is green leaves.

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@wplalonde@lgbtqia.space · 3 days ago

#BloomScrollingWithBee #BloomScrolling #bumblebee #flowers #berries #WildFlowers

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Deborah League

@DeborahLeagueFineArt@socel.net · last week

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Vibrant Mountain Landscape With Wildflowers by Deborah League

Vibrant Mountain Landscape With Wildflowers. The image features a field of brightly colored flowers that look like quilling. The vibrant colors of orange, yellow, pink, and purple really pop in the foreground. In the background, in shades of fresh blue and green, a lake is ringed by mountains lush with spring green growth. Above it all is a beautiful blue sky with swirling clouds.

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Lukas VF Novak

@animalculum@scholar.social · 7 days ago

First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators https://phys.org/news/2025-09-documented-case-mimicking-ants-pollinators.html

Olfactory floral #mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly #pollinators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011261

"Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a #dogbane species native to #Japan described only a year ago) mimics the smell of #ants attacked by #spiders. This scent attracts #flies that feed on these injured #insects and pollinate the #flowers in the process."

First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators

Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a dogbane species native to Japan described for the first time by Mochizuki and his collaborators only a year ago) mimics the smell of ants attacked by spiders. This scent attracts flies that feed on these injured insects and pollinate the flowers in the process. This is the first case of a plant mimicking the odor of ants, revealing that the scope of floral mimicry is more diverse than previously imagined. The findings are published in the journal Current Biology.

photo of a small plant with inconspicuous dark flowers in a forest

Francis Vayeur

@VayeurFrancis@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

#fridayflowers #flowerfriday #Flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #nature
#photography #photographie #fotografia #fotografie
#argentique #filmisalive #filmisnotdead #Analogphotography
#minoltaX700 2002

Lukas VF Novak

@animalculum@scholar.social · 7 days ago

First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators https://phys.org/news/2025-09-documented-case-mimicking-ants-pollinators.html

Olfactory floral #mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly #pollinators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011261

First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators