Heather Angel Gallery

Black coral vine (Kennedia nigricans) flowers, pollinated by honeyeaters (flowers

Black coral vine (Kennedia nigricans) flowers, pollinated by honeyeaters (flowers triggered by honeyeater, releasing the stamens, style and stigma), Western Australia Sequence 2 of 2

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Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Anther, Anthers, Bean, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Fabaceae, Fabales, Flower, Flowering Plant, Kennedia, Kennedia Nigricans, Legume, Leguminosae, Magnoliopsida, Pea, Plain Background, Plant, Plantae, Pollination, Rosanae, Rosid, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Stamen, Stamens, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, White Background

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

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on freshly opened yellow Lantana (Lantana camara) flowers

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on freshly opened yellow Lantana (Lantana camara) flowers. Flowers turn pink when nectar no longer provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas

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Africa, Alien, Alien Species, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animalia, Apid Bee, Apidae, Apini, Apis, Apis Mellifera, Apis Mellifica, Apocrita, Apoidea, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Asteranae, Asterid, Bee, Bush Lantana, Colonial Bee, Colour, Colourful, Dicot, Dicotyledon, East Africa, European Honey Bee, Exotics, Feeding, Flower, Flowering Plant, Foraging, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Honey Bee, Honeybee, Hymenoptera, Insect, Insecta, Introduced Species, Invasive, Invertebrate, Lamiales, Lantana, Lantana Arida, Lantana Camara, Lantana Glandulosissima, Lantana Urticifolia, Largeleaf Lantana, Magnoliopsida, Nectaring, Plant, Plantae, Pollination, Red Sage, Seed Plant, Spanish Flag, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Tanzania, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, Verbena Family, Verbenaceae, Vervain Family, West Indian Lantana, Western Honey Bee, Wildlife