Heather Angel Gallery

Mysore clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis) with nectar overflowing in morning. In cultivation

Mysore clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis) with nectar overflowing in morning. In cultivation, Kew Gardens, London, England, UK. Native to India

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Acanthaceae, Acanthus Family, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asia, Asteranae, Asterid, Colour, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Flower, Flowering Plant, India, Indian Clock Vine, Indian Subcontinent, Lamiales, Magnoliopsida, Mysore Clock Vine, Mysore Trumpet Vine, Mysore Trumpetvine, Nectar, Petal, Petals, Plant, Plantae, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Thunbergia, Thunbergia Mysorensis, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, Yellow

Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower

Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower. To maintain position it flaps the wings which pick up pollen on their undersides from the stamens placed on the end of a long column. A green praying mantid is on the right watching, Yunnan, China

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Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Asia, Butterfly, China, Chinese Peacock Butterfly, Colour, Dicot, Dicotyledon, East Asia, Flower, Flowering Plant, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Hibiscus, Insect, Insecta, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Magnoliopsida, Mallow, Malvaceae, Malvales, Mauve, Papilio, Papilio Bianor, Papilionid, Papilionidae, Plant, Plantae, Pollination, Red, Rosanae, Rosemallow, Rosid, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Swallowtail Butterfly, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, Wildlife, Yunnan Province

Cambridge vagrant butterfly (Nepheronia thalassina) nectaring on Lantana (Lantana camara)

Cambridge vagrant butterfly (Nepheronia thalassina) nectaring on Lantana (Lantana camara). Flowers turn from yellow to pink when no nectar is provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas

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Africa, Alien, Alien Species, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Butterfly, Cambridge Vagrant, East Africa, Eronia Thalassina Sinalata, Exotics, Feeding, Flower, Foraging, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect, Insecta, Introduced Species, Invasive, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Nectaring, Nepheronia, Nepheronia Thalassina, Papilionoidea, Pieridae, Plant, Pollination, Tanzania, Wildlife