. Introduction to botany. Botany. 146 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY of the evening primroses, honeysuckles, and Jimson weeds (fig. 131). The nectar from such flowers can best be reached by insects with a very long proboscis, like that of the butter- flies or the hawk moths (fig. 131). Many flowers with long corolla tubes are also visited by humming birds. Red-clover flowers are pollinated mainly by bumblebees. What effect. Fig. 130. A, head of cab- bage butterfly; B, head of honeybee a, antennae; pr, proboscis, or sucking organ. The pro- boscis of the butterfly is represented as coiled into a spiral.
. Introduction to botany. Botany. 146 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY of the evening primroses, honeysuckles, and Jimson weeds (fig. 131). The nectar from such flowers can best be reached by insects with a very long proboscis, like that of the butter- flies or the hawk moths (fig. 131). Many flowers with long corolla tubes are also visited by humming birds. Red-clover flowers are pollinated mainly by bumblebees. What effect. Fig. 130. A, head of cab- bage butterfly; B, head of honeybee a, antennae; pr, proboscis, or sucking organ. The pro- boscis of the butterfly is represented as coiled into a spiral. Both somewhat magnified. After 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York, [etc. ] Ginn and company
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