Mosquito and Pitcher Plant
June 16, 2010
Mosquito and Pitcher Plant In southern Wisconsin, a mosquito (Wyeomyia smithii) flies into a pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), for oviposition, which she will perform by singly dropping her eggs, one-by-one, onto the water while in flight. (Date of Image: unknown)
Topics:
Human Interest, Environment, Flora of Canada, Flora of North America, Flora of the United States, Inquiline, Metriocnemus knabi, Mosquito, Oviposition, Pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, Wyeomyia smithii, Sarracenia, Plant Mosquito, pitcher, Wisconsin
