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Deceptive Plants are Folling Insects – Ceropegia Plants Mimic Attacked Honeybees to Attract Kleptoparasitic Flies for Pollination

October 24, 2016Resourcesandrej

Ceropegia sandersonii plant controls female flies of the genus Desmometopa. Ceropegia plants mimics attacked honeybees to attract kleptoparasitic flies for their pollination. This study describes a new example of how plants fool and manipulate insects for their own benefits. This is new case of chemical mimicry whereby Ceropegia plants controls carnivorous Desmometopa flies.

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(16)30879-X
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flower-lures-pollinators-smell-honeybee-fear
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/presse/archiv/2016/137en-mimikry.pdf
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108328-flower-hijacks-the-fragrance-of-attacked-bees-to-imprison-flies/

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