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Parkinsonia flowers & carpenter bee pollinator_Isabella

The Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwini) is the only bee occurring in the Galapagos archipelago and is an important pollinator. It selectively visits yellow to cream-colored flowers and has therefore strongly selected for plants with these flower colors within the Galapagos flora.

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Uploaded on May 15, 2009
Taken on December 9, 2099