Pollen Pat on the Back
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) on a Trigger Plant (Stylidium graminifolium). It has been a hope of mine to catch a pollinator on one of these plants so I was thrilled to see this bee activating the flowers and getting dusted in pollen! In this photo you can see the flower column on the back of the bee. From ANSPA: “They are known as “trigger plants” because of the unique, irritable flower column which is triggered by insect visitors. The trigger remains cocked until an insect probes the flower and then springs upwards and deposits pollen on the head or back of the insect which then transfers the pollen to another flower”.
Pollen Pat on the Back
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) on a Trigger Plant (Stylidium graminifolium). It has been a hope of mine to catch a pollinator on one of these plants so I was thrilled to see this bee activating the flowers and getting dusted in pollen! In this photo you can see the flower column on the back of the bee. From ANSPA: “They are known as “trigger plants” because of the unique, irritable flower column which is triggered by insect visitors. The trigger remains cocked until an insect probes the flower and then springs upwards and deposits pollen on the head or back of the insect which then transfers the pollen to another flower”.