can you match these pollinators with their flowers?
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Can you match these pollinators with their flowers? Use the table below for some hints!
Purple Coneflower
(Photo credit: Flickr/Kylir CC BY 2.0)
Bumble Bee
(Photo credit: Flickr/Martin Cooper CC BY 2.0)
Tomato Flower
(Photo credit: Flickr/PurpleGecko CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Banana Flower
(Photo credit: Flickr/viKalp kuMar° CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Bat
(Photo credit: US National Park Service)
Butterfly
(Photo credit: PNNM)
Magnolia
(Photo credit: Flickr/ DBduo Photography CC BY-SA 2.0)
Fly
(Photo credit: Flickr/SarahCartwright CC BY-SA 2.0)
Corpse Flower
(Photo credit: New York Botanical Garden CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Honeysuckle
Photo credit: flickr/UGA CAES/Extension CC BY-NC 2.0
Hummingbird
(Photo credit: Flickr/watts photos1 CC BY 2.0
Blister Beetle
(Photo credit: Flickr/Patrick Dockens CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Borage
(Photo credit: Flickr/rgordon CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Blazing Star
(Photo credit: Flickr/pigdump CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Moth
(Photo credit: Flickr/Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel
CC BY-ND 2.0
Corn
Photo credit: Flickr/glbrc.communications CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Wind
Photo credit: Flickr/Mr. Pi CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Honeybee
Photo credit: Flickr/Rayonick CC BY- NC-ND 2.0
Pollinator Syndrome Traits Table - This table shows the types of flower characteristics that tend to attract each type of pollinator for the most successful pollen transfers.
Trait Honeybees Bumblebees Bats Beetles Birds Butterflies Flies Moths Wind Color Bright white,
yellow, blue, or UV Bright white, yellow, blue, or UV
Dull white, green or purple
Dull white or green
Scarlet, orange, red or white
Bright, including red and purple
Pale and dull to dark brown or purple or flecked with translucent patches
Pale and dull red, purple, pink or white
Dull green, brown, or colorless, and the petals absent or reduced
Flower Shape
Shallow, has landing platform, and tubular
Shallow, has landing platform tubular
Bowl shaped, closed during day
Large bowl-like, Magnolia
Large funnel like, cups, strong perch support
Narrow tube with spur, wide landing pad
Shallow, funnel-like or complex and trap-like
Tubular without a lip
Small and stigmas exerted
Pollen Often sticky and scented
Sticky, scented, deep within anthers requiring buzz pollination
Ample Ample Modest amount
Limited Modest amount
Limited Abundant small, smooth, and not sticky
Odor Fresh, mild, pleasant
Fresh, mild, pleasant
Strong musty, emitted at night
None to strongly fruity or fetid
None Faint but fresh Putrid Strong sweet, emitted at night
None
Nectar Usually present Usually present Abundant, somewhat hidden
Sometimes present, not hidden
Ample, deeply hidden
Ample, deeply hidden
Usually absent
Ample, deeply hidden
None
Adapted from USFS Pollination Syndrome Traits, https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/What_is_Pollination/syndromes.shtml
¿Puedes unir estos polinizadores con sus flores? ¡Use la tabla a continuación para obtener algunos consejos!
Echinacea
(Photo credit: Flickr/Kylir CC BY 2.0)
Abejorro
(Photo credit: Flickr/Martin Cooper CC BY 2.0)
Flor de Tomate
(Photo credit: Flickr/PurpleGecko CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Flor de Platano
(Photo credit: Flickr/viKalp kuMar° CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Murciélago
(Photo credit: US National Park Service)
Mariposa
(Photo credit: PNNM)
Magnolia
(Photo credit: Flickr/ DBduo Photography CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mosco
(Photo credit: Flickr/SarahCartwright CC BY-SA 2.0)
Flor de cadáver
(Photo credit: New York Botanical Garden CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Madreselva
Photo credit: flickr/UGA CAES/Extension CC BY-NC 2.0
Colibrí
(Photo credit: Flickr/watts photos1 CC BY 2.0
Escarabajo
(Photo credit: Flickr/Patrick Dockens CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Borraja
(Photo credit: Flickr/rgordon CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Estrella ardiente
(Photo credit: Flickr/pigdump CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Polilla
(Photo credit: Flickr/Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel
CC BY-ND 2.0
Maíz
Photo credit: Flickr/glbrc.communications CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Viento
Photo credit: Flickr/Mr. Pi CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Abeja
Photo credit: Flickr/Rayonick CC BY- NC-ND 2.0
Tabla de características del síndrome del polinizador: esta tabla muestra los tipos de características de las flores que tienden a atraer a cada tipo de polinizador para las transferencias de polen más exitosas.
Característica Abeja Abejorro Murciélago Escarabajo Ave Mariposa Mosca Polilla Viento
Color Blanco brillante, amarillo, azul o UV
Blanco brillante, amarillo, azul o UV
Blanca opaca, verde o morada
Blanca opaca o verde
Escarlata, naranja, roja o blanca
Brillante, incluyendo rojo y morado
Pálido y opaco a café oscuro o púrpura o manch- ado con parches translúcidos
Roja pálida y opaca, púrpura, rosa o blanca
Verde opaco, café o incoloro, y los pétalos ausentes o reducidos
Forma de la flor Poco profundo, tiene plataforma de aterrizaje y tubular
Poco profunda, tiene plataforma de aterrizaje tubular
En forma de tazón, cerrado durante el día
En forma de tazón grande, Magnolia
Grande y como un embudo, taza, fuerte apoyo de percat
Tubo estrecho con espuela, plataforma de aterrizaje ancha
Poco profundo, en forma de embudo o complejo y en forma de trampa
Tubular sin labio
Pequeños y estigmas ejercidos
Polen frecuente-mente pegajosa y perfumad a
Pegajoso, perfumado, profundo dentro de anteras que requieren polinización por zumbido
Abundante Abundante Cantidad modesta
Limitada Cantidad modesta
Limitada Pequeña cantidad, suave y no pegajosa
Olor Fresca, suave, agradable
Fresca, suave, agradable
Huele a humedad, emitido por la noche
Ninguno a muy afrutado o fétido
Ninguno fresco pero leve
Podrido Fuerte y dulce, emitido por la noche
Ninguno
Néctar General-mente presente
General- mente presente
Abundante, un poco escondido A veces
presente, no oculto
abun- dante, escon- dido
abundante,profundamente escondido
General- mente ausente
abun- dante, escondido
austente
Adoptado de USFS Pollination Syndrome Traits, https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/What_is_Pollination/syndromes.shtml