Sunday, February 16, 2025

PRETTY FLOWER? LOOK CLOSER AT THE BUG POLLINATING IN THE MIDDLE

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(Ed.'s Note: As pretty as this winter rose appears, it is made more wonderous when you see the bug inside the bloom pollinating it. One of our eagle-eyed readers snapped this shot and did not notice the pollinator until much later when he was showing it to his friends.

This transfers pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilization and the production of seeds. Pollinating agents can be animals such as insects, for example beetles or butterflies; birds, and bats; water; wind; and even plants themselves. Sometimes the beauty of the flower blinds us to the beauty of the science and biology all around us. 

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, where the fuck else would it pollinate???

PANCHO GONZALEZ said...

I got your stigma right here Montoya (chickenshit anonymous commenter grabs crotch) pollinate this! JK haha. Stunning picture. Btw name of the bug is Picattus elfindius

Anonymous said...

I got your pollinator right here Montoya! (commenter grabs crotch, his) If you look closely the pinche bug's cannot pollinate something that's already pollinated, it's just picking up pollen, which the bug doesn't know it's doing. It's not like hey honey I'm going to 7-11 to pick up some pollen. Btw the scientific name of the bug is "Picattus Elfundius". you're welcome

Anonymous said...

Oh, go choke on a footlong sausage, you clown.

Anonymous said...

Oh, eat my shit, gasbag!!!

Anonymous said...

Idiot repeats himself. Vato pendejo.

Anonymous said...

If the OP is who I think it is he has a great sausage.

Anonymous said...

your ass PENDEJO

Anonymous said...

Das call picatefundiosya...an ancient term meaning lost through the centuries.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

he was just released from a manicomio pobresito idiota...

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