TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

April 25, 2009

How Flowers Attract Insects

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , — TopVeg @ 3:04 pm

This marrow flower is a great example of  how flowers attract insects.

The flowers are:

* very large – with huge petals

insects-on-marrow-flower

insects-on-marrow-flower

* brightly coloured

marrow-flower-centre

marrow-flower-centre

* yellow

guiding-lines

guiding-lines

* open – with guide lines to the center of the flower, which attract the insects down the petals to the flower centre.

Powered by WordPress