Moth Seeks Nectar from Filter-Paper Flower (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Moth Seeks Nectar from Filter-Paper Flower

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Tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta, seeks nectar from an filter-paper flower soaked in some chemicals from the scent of its favorite nectar source, the sacred datura flower, Datura wrightii.

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Photo by Charles Hedgcock RBP

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