. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XXI A MOTH THAT DELIBERATELY POLLINAfES A PLANT The Pbonuba, Pronuba yucctueUa "It mounts! It flies! It seeks the skies; It flies from bloom to bloom! E'en so, my soul, shalt thou arise Resurgent, from the ; 1HE strange behavior of an insect has more than once proved a sur- prise to the naturalist. But prob- ably in no case was the surprise greater than when the late Pro- fessor Charles V. Riley realized, after carefu
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XXI A MOTH THAT DELIBERATELY POLLINAfES A PLANT The Pbonuba, Pronuba yucctueUa "It mounts! It flies! It seeks the skies; It flies from bloom to bloom! E'en so, my soul, shalt thou arise Resurgent, from the ; 1HE strange behavior of an insect has more than once proved a sur- prise to the naturalist. But prob- ably in no case was the surprise greater than when the late Pro- fessor Charles V. Riley realized, after careful and systematic ob- servations, that a small Pronuba moth found in the flowers of the Yucca deliberately gathers the pollen and conveys it to the wait- ir^ pistils. Of course, we ail know that, before a flower can perfect seed, its pollen or that of some other blossom must reach the stigma at the end of the pistil; and that whenever self-pollination is impossible because of the siamens and pistils occupying dif- ferent flowers, maturing at different times, or being arranged so that the life-giving dust in the anthers at the end of the sta- 135. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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