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How Insect Pollinated Flowers Are Adapted To Pollination

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How Insect Pollinated Flowers Are Adapted To Pollination

  1. Have large brightly coloured petals; which attract insects.
  2. Presence of nectaries that secrete sweet-scented nectar which serve as bait for the insects.
  3. Have small, sticky stigmas which enable the pollen grains from the insects' body to stick onto it.
  4. Anthers are small and held firmly onto the filaments to ensure that they don't break when the insects rub against them as they crawl into the flower.
  5. Have large, heavy, and sticky pollen grains to stick on the insects' bodies.
  6. The anthers produce few but large grains to increase the chances of their transfer to a stigma for pollination.
  7. Flowers normally have shapes that are convenient for the insects' bodies thus the insects fit comfortably e.g. flower petals forming a corolla tube