Images Dated 2nd June 2005

2005 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) Imola, Italy

2005 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
Imola, Italy. 28th - 29th May 2005
Andy Priaulx (BMW Team Great Britain BMW 320i), action.
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Euglossine bee visiting a wasp orchid

A euglossine bee visits a wasp orchid, Gongora quinquinervis. Gongora flowers emit a powerful resinous perfume which attracts male euglossine bees. They brush the surface of the flower with the tufts of hair on their forelegs as they hover, gathering the perfume droplets which are then tranferred to a container on the tibiae of their hind legs. This scent is used by the bee as a pheremone or sex attractant. The orchid benefits from the relationship because the bee may inadvertantly pick up a pollinium, a bundle of pollen grains, and transport it to the next orchid it visits

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Nashville Warbler - On what is likely a False Solomon's-seal (Smilacina sp.), Lily family. It hasn't opened yet

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Nashville Warbler - On what is likely a False Solomon's-seal (Smilacina sp.), Lily family. It hasn't opened yet
May
Great Lakes Region, Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Vermivora ruficapilla
Tom & Pat Leeson
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