. Flower ecology. Plant ecology; Fertilization of plants. mo. 13. optera), while the butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) take only the second or third place, before or after the flies (Diptera). But if the ar- rangement is based on the degree of adaptation to flowers, Lepidoptera undoubtedly take the first place, as it is the only order which through- out, and not only in certain of its families, is fitted for obtaining honey. In the perfect state, butter- flies, so far as they take food at all, which is not the case in all species, restrict themselves alrnost entirely to honey, and since they
. Flower ecology. Plant ecology; Fertilization of plants. mo. 13. optera), while the butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) take only the second or third place, before or after the flies (Diptera). But if the ar- rangement is based on the degree of adaptation to flowers, Lepidoptera undoubtedly take the first place, as it is the only order which through- out, and not only in certain of its families, is fitted for obtaining honey. In the perfect state, butter- flies, so far as they take food at all, which is not the case in all species, restrict themselves alrnost entirely to honey, and since they take no further thought for their young than to lay their eggs sufficiently concealed upon the food plant, their mouth parts have been quite free to adapt themselves to the easy obtaining of honey from various floWers. This adaptation is attained by the great development of the max- illary laminae with a suppression of the greater part of the remainder of the mouth organs. The labrum and mandibles FIG. 13 A. Fig. 13 A. A butterfly resting od a cluster of flowers Natural size. (Af- ter Behrens.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, Louis Herman, 1862-1931. [n. p. ] Press of J. B. Hungerford
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