Observing Pollinator Attraction to Winter Annual Flowering Plants in an Urban Ecosystem
Observing Pollinator Attraction to Winter Annual Flowering Plants in an Urban Ecosystem
Muhammad Talha Ahmad1, Mudssar Ali1,*, Shafqat Saeed1, Gulzar Akhtar2 and Fawad Zafar Ahmad Khan1,3
Attractiveness of insect pollinators on different ornamental flowers.
Abundance and diversity of Insect pollinators visiting ornamental flowers.
Floral visitors. (A) Apis mellifera visiting Antirrhinum majus, (B) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Osteospermum fruticosum, (C) Spharophoria bengalensis male visiting Osteospermum fruticosum, (D) Nomia sp. visiting Petunia hybrid, (E) Spharophoria bengalensis female visititing Salvia splendens, (F) Eupeodes corollae male visiting Phlox drummondii, (G) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Pericallis senetti, (H) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Tagets erecta, (I) Episyrphus balteatus female visiting Petunia hybrid, (J) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Dianthus chinensis, (K) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Matthiola incana, (L) Eristalinus aeneus visiting Gazania rigens.
