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Surprising Research Results: What the Microbes in Nectar Revealed

It's surprising what the microbes in nectar can reveal. Take the nectar of the sticky...

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Researchers studied the microbes in the nectar of the sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Researchers studied the microbes in the nectar of the sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 5:03 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anna''s hummingbird (1), bumble bees (41), Ecology Letters (2), microbes (3), nectar (6), Rachel Vannette (7), Stanford University (1), sticky monkeyflower (1), Tadashi Fukami (1), UC Davis (157)

Bring on the Tourists!

It's a case of a sticky situation benefitting a plant. Or more precisely, dead fruit flies or...

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Assassin bug. Pselliopus spinicollis, feeding on dead Drosophila. (Photo by Sam Beck)

Assassin bug. Pselliopus spinicollis, feeding on dead Drosophila. (Photo by Sam Beck)

Caterpillar, Heliothodes diminutiva, feeding on tarweed flower. (Photo by Sam Beck)

Caterpillar, Heliothodes diminutiva, feeding on tarweed flower. (Photo by Sam Beck)

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 7:44 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: assassin bug (6), Billy Krimmel (1), caterpillar (14), Ecology Letters (2), Heliothodes diminutiva (1), Ian Pearse (4), Madia elegans (1), sticky plants (1), tarweed (2)

 

 

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