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Image Title: Pollinators of the northern pitcher plant
Image Credit: Joy Marburger, Great Lakes Research and Education Center
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
License Details: BSA - Terms for Image Use
Copyright held by: Marburger, BSA
Date Created: 7/10/2009
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About the Image

Here is a photo of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, taken in Pinhook Bog, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on June 3, 2009. It shows ants collecting nectar in the flower. Pollinators of the northern pitcher plant include two bee species, Bombus affinis and Augochlorella aurata, and one fly species, Flecherimyia fletcheri (Ne’eman, Ne’eman et al. 2006). Ne'eman, G., R. Ne'eman, and A. M. Ellison. 2006. Limits to reproductive success of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae). American Journal of Botany 93:1660–1666.

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