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What is an insect that carries pollen from one plant to another?
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∙ 11y ago
Honeybees are the main pollinators. That is why many consider the high bee Death Rate and loss of bee colonies a serious ecological problem, they are dying faster then new colonies can formed. Without them, the pollination of plants would almost com to a standstill.
There are birds that also perform pollination on some plants. Also many animals help with pollination when they forage for food and brush against flowers picking up pollen in their fur or skin and depositing it as they brush against more plants.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 11y agoSomething which moves pollen from one flower to another is known as a pollinator or vector.
There are 200.000 varieties of pollinators (mainly insects) that move pollen from one plant to another.
Most are insects. Bees, wasps, flies, ants, beetles. moths and butterflies.
There are vertebrates such as birds and bats. Humans do it, dogs and cats do it.
The wind does it. The list is endless.
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∙ 13y agothe main type of insects are bumble bees and wasps but pollen can also be take by wind.
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How does fertilization occurs in the plants?
bees, wind, or other insect catches pollen (which acts like sperm) on it's legs, it carries the pollen to another plant and rubs the pollen on the pistil(Egg) which travels down to the ovary, then the plant creates a seed.
How do wind help pollination?
It carries pollen to a pistil of another plant
How do bees move pollen?
When an insect like bee's lands on a flower, pollen sticks to it's legs. So when an insect moves to another flower pollen gets on that flower and so on and so on as the insect moves from one plant to another.
What animals carries pollen to other plants?
A bee would carry pollen from one plant to another
What is the combination of material from a pollen grain with an egg to form a seed?
The combination of material from a pollen grain with an egg to form a seed is what bees carry from one plant to another, unknowingly. When the bee lands on a plant it picks up pollen and carries this to another plant.
How is the anther similar to the testis?
The stamen is the female part of the plant that catches pollen from the the anther from another plant (in some cases) and the anther obviously carries the pollen and the pollen gets blown off to other plants.
What is a pollinator and how might one be attracted to a plant?
A pollinator is also referred to as a "vector" or "agent". This is the method or means whereby pollen is transferred from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another. Agents can be living things such as bees, birds, ants, beetles, bats etc.; they can also be nonliving such as wind and water.
How does the body structure of insect help in pollination?
The way the legs of most insects ,such as bees, have little hairs that pick up pollen. Then when it moves to another plant it leaves some of that pollen on the plant.
Why do insect pollinated flowers have sticky pollen?
insect pollinated flowers are brightly coloured and sweet scented so that the plant can attract the insect towards itself.
How does cross pollination happens?
it occurs naturally through insects.When an insect sits in a flower the pollen gets attached to its legs.th pollen is transferred when it sits on another plant and pollination occur
How can plants cross pollinate?
By landing pollen grains of another compatible genotype on the stigma of a plant by insect, bird, water, wind or mammals
How many pollen grains are deposited into the female flower?
as many that stick to the stamen. it differs from plant to plant and it also depends on how many pollen grains stick to the insect that carries it. though once the pollen grain comes into contact with the stamen a pollen tube is created to reach the ovary. then two "sperm" come from this tube and one fertalizes the egg and one become the endosperm for nutrients for the egg/seed
