[Pollinator] Monkey Beetles love iridescent spots on flowers

[Peter Bernhardt]

Dear Colleagues:

This beautiful article was sent to me this morning by Dr. Peter Goldblatt
of the Missouri Botanical Garden.  It appeared in an issue of  Curtis's
Botanical Magazine that was devoted to flowers with iridescent spots.  In
southern Africa, flowers wearing iridescent spots are most likely
pollinated by monkey beetles (hopliine scarab beetles).  Most monkey
beetles live in southern Africa and there are over 80 species.  Can anyone
think of species with iridiscent flower spots in North America, China,
Israel or Australia?

Peter



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From: Peter Goldblatt <petergoldblatt at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:03 AM
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To: Peter Bernhardt <bernhap2 at slu.edu>


PG
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Peter Goldblatt
B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
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