Does bee or wasp mimicry by orchid flowers also deter herbivores?

• Published in: Arthropod-plant interactions Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 327 - 332
• Main Authors: Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Ne’eman, Gidi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aposematism; Batesian mimicry; Bees; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Disa; Ecology; Entomology; females; Flowering; Flowers; Forum Paper; Herbivores; Insects; Invertebrates; Life Sciences; males; Mammals; Mimicry; mimicry (behavior); Ophrys; Plant Pathology; Plant reproduction; Plant Sciences; Plants (botany); Pollination; Pollinators; Visual signals; wasps; Herbivory; Wasps; Batesian mimicry; Bees; Defense

General visual bee mimicry and specific chemical mimicry by flowers to solitary female bees or wasps are well known in several orchid genera, for example, the Mediterranean genus Ophrys , the Australian genera Cryptostylis and Chiloglottis , and the South-African Disa . This mimicry has been shown t...