study and write about the flowers adapted to pollination by insect
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Flowers adapted to pollination by insects :-
- Flowers adopted to pollination by different methods such as wind, insects, birds etc.
- Flowers produce a sugary liquid which is called nectar. The fragrance of this nectar attract the insects.
- When an insect sits on a flower to feed then the pollen grains stick to the body of insects and the insect move from one flower to another flower, these pollen grains are transferred to the female stigma of same or different flower.
- The examples of pollinator insects are bees, butterflies, wasps, moths, flies, beetles etc.
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The flowers adapted to pollination by insects is known as Entomophily.
- There are several insects which help in pollination some are bees,flies,wasps,moths and beetles.
- Bees carry out 80% of all pollination done by insects .
- Bee pollinated flowers are coloured , posses special smell and produce nectar .
- Pollen grains are sticky or with spinous exine.
- The stigma of flowers adapted to pollination by insects are sticky.
- Flowers are strong enough to bear the weight of visiting insect.
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