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Image Title: European skipper (Thymelicus lineola) removes nectar from a female bladder campion flower Silene vulgaris
Image Credit: Claudia L. Jolls, University of Michigan
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Claudia L. Jolls, BSA
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At left, female (top) and hermaphrodite (bottom) flower of bladder campion (Silene vulgaris); their nectaries differ in production of sugar content. At right, a European skipper (Thymelicus lineola) removes nectar from a female bladder campion flower. Differences in nectar production between the genders of plants may affect pollinator activity and, ultimately, indbreeding.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Spectrophotometric analysis of nectar production in Silene vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae)

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