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Michael Schwab / 5,611 items
I made up the name because I can see a smiling frog in this image, magically transformed into a beautiful flower, the bee orchid Ophrys apifera. The bee orchids use sexual deception to attract pollinators to their flowers. In sexual deception, an orchid attracts male pollinators by producing the sex pheromone of virgin female pollinators in addition to providing visual and tactile cues. These signals stimulate mating behavior in the male pollinators which unwittingly collects and spreads the orchid's pollen. Ophrys apifera occurs across central and southern Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
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  • Taken: May 30, 2018
  • Uploaded: Apr 27, 2019
  • Updated: Jan 25, 2024