Comment by brazzy
3 years ago
I wonder what the advantage is in "nectar robbing". Is carrying the pollen a significant additional effort to an insect?
3 years ago
I wonder what the advantage is in "nectar robbing". Is carrying the pollen a significant additional effort to an insect?
My guess is that some flowers have a thin shape to force the bees to get covered in polen, the butterfly can use the long tube, but the moth are too wide.