Published July 31, 2026
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Disassortative pollen transfer on insect wings in mirror-image flowers
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- 1. University of Cape Town, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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- 1. University of Cape Town, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Description
Animation illustrating how the transfer of pollen from a common butterfly lily flower onto the wings of an insect ensures efficient pollen transfer between left- and right-morph flowers and vice versa. This is followed by live footage of a beefly (Australoechus hirtus) probing Wachendorfia paniculata flowers at Waylands, Darling, South Africa. Note how the wings beat against the opposing stamen and the style.
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Video 1_Pollination model_beefly_final.mp4
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- Video/Audio: 10.1126/science.aeb1157 (DOI)