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It depends upon the flower. Some flowers are beautiful to attract insects or birds. Some flowers look like the mate of the insect that pollinates them. Some flowers have pretty colors to guide the insects to where the nectar is, kind of like a person waving flags on a runway for planes. The insects are looking for nectar and the plant wants to be pollinated. so it puts the pollen very close to the nectar so the insect gets pollen on it while gathering the nectar. The nectar is the insect's reward for picking up the pollen. Then when it flies to another plant, it pollinates it while getting more nectar. But the flowers have designed themselves to either trick the insect or to invite the insect to it.
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∙ 11y agowell if you are talkig about bee's they vist them for pollen and can see them clearly to the high heat vision with their eyes but other insects mostly go for the food inside them like pollen, the flower petals, the leaves.
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∙ 14y agoto sip nectar, a sugary food used to attract insects so that polllen may stick to their bodies and be transferred to other flowers.
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Why are insects and birds attracted to flowers but not pine cones?
Flowers attract by smell and color, but some birds are attracted to pine cones, like the various species of finches called crossbills.
Why do insects and birds visit flowers?
They do that in order to get nectar which helps pollinate a flower
What do humming birds eat?
Primarily they drink nectar from flowers. They also eat mosquitos and other tiny insects.
Which insects are attracted by sweets?
The sugar solution in plants that attract insects is nectar. Nectar is produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers or by extra floral nectaries. Nectar is the sugar source for honey.
What does a xantus eat?
These birds feed on nectar from flowers and flowering trees using a long extendable tongue or catch insects on the wing.
Why are insects and birds attracted to flowers but not pine cones?
Flowers attract by smell and color, but some birds are attracted to pine cones, like the various species of finches called crossbills.
What function do the color and odor of the flowers provide for the flowering plants?
The colors and odors are sensed by insects and birds which are attracted to the plant. The birds, etc. carry pollen from plant to plant, and facilitate the reproduction of the plants.
Why do plants produce flowers?
To attract insects and birds
What color of flowers do insects that are out in the daytime prefer?
insects are attracted to all flowers but it is said that very bright colors work best hope i helped
What are brightly coloured to attract birds and insects?
flowers
Why do flowers have such brightly colored pastels?
To attract birds and insects
Part of a plant to attract insects?
The insects get attracted by the colourful petals and the fragrance.
How are birds and insects drawn to flowers?
By their scent, by the food some flowers offer (pollen and nectar) and by the colours of the flowers.
What type of wildlife would be attracted in the wetlands?
plants, fish, birds and insects
Are insects attracted to a fern plant?
No. Butterflies are attracted to nectar producing flowers, and sugar.
Are insects needed to pollinate flowers?
Yes, insects are needed to pollinate some flowers but no, they are not needed to pollinate all flowers. Insects count -- along with bats, birds, and some mammals and reptiles -- among nature's pollinators.
What function do the color and odor of the flowers provide for flowering plant?
The colors and odors are sensed by insects and birds which are attracted to the plant. The birds, etc. carry pollen from plant to plant, and facilitate the reproduction of the plants.
