Join us for the next #melastomataceae virtual seminar March 6th 10 AM (NY time).
Ben Lazarus, Ash Kerber and Karolina Gwardiak (Uni Vienna and UC Boulder) talking about Buzz-pollination sub-niche partitioning in co-flowering Rhexia species
Register here: https://t.co/XOxbXf6jjD
An interesting example of superpowers and plasticity of behavior was found in tiny insects. Matvey Nikelshparg has discovered that they can drill through plastic with their ovipositor and do it in a very different way than they drill into natural materials
https://t.co/W410xpGmV8
Paper alert! Almost two years after #Botany 2021, where we conceived the idea, our study on the #altitudinal distribution of insect- and vertebrate-pollinated plants in the Americas is out @ASNAmNat @iochromaland@carriewessi@botanic_ash https://t.co/MARGN4ncGm #pollination
Wandered the green hills of Derbyshire, UK & stumbled upon several individuals resembling this little one. Plenty of thistle flora to go around🐝🌿
I’m thinking Bombus lucorum…