New research uncovers how this South African plant tricks kleptoparasitic flies into pollination by imitating wounded honey bees.
You can read the blog post at <a href="https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/</a>
You can read the original research at <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888</a>

New research uncovers how this South African plant tricks kleptoparasitic flies into pollination by imitating wounded honey bees. You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/ You can read the original research at https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888

New research uncovers how this South African plant tricks kleptoparasitic flies into pollination by imitating wounded honey bees.
You can read the blog post at <a href="https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/</a>
You can read the original research at <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888</a>

Ceropegia gerrardii smells of pain to attract ‘blood’ drinking flies

These are computer-generated readings of posts on Botany One. The aim is to help improve accessibility by being able to embed audio versions of a report into a blog post. But you can subscribe to this as a podcast too.

The audio versions may be slightly altered as some things in print don't make sense in audio, like references to figures.

Science

Natural Sciences

These are computer-generated readings of posts on Botany One. The aim is to help improve accessibility by being able to embed audio versions of a report into a blog post. But you can subscribe to this as a podcast too. The audio versions may be slightly altered as some things in print don't make sense in audio, like references to figures.

Share Ceropegia gerrardii smells of pain to attract ‘blood’ drinking flies

Sign up to save your podcasts

Ceropegia gerrardii smells of pain to attract ‘blood’ drinking flies

Ceropegia gerrardii smells of pain to attract ‘blood’ drinking flies