NBII - Digital Image Library - Interactions Among Species: Pollination

Pollination

Pollination is the transfer of male gametes, or pollen, from the male part of a flower to a female part in the same or different flower that has eggs. These images show how animals may wind up transferring pollen when feeding from flowers.

Monarch Butterfly on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Monarch Butterfly on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Monarch Butterfly on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Monarch Butterfly on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Photographer: John J. Mosesso
Bumble bee on a musk thistle flower
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on an African daisy flower
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers
Red admiral and a pearl crescent butterfly on butterfly weed flowers
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers
Red admiral on butterfly weed flowers
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers
Red admiral on butterfly weed flowers
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers
Red admiral on butterfly weed flowers
Photographer: Elizabeth A. Sellers