BROOD SITE SELECTION. “Several unrelated orchid genera have flowers that mimic larval food substrates that attract gravid insects. For example, the protuberances on the labellum of Epipactis consimilis are thought to mimic aphids which stimulate egg-laying behavior of aphidophagous syrphid flies.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022