A Yucca moth is depositing a pollen ball onto a stigma of a Yucca plant
By Southwest Biological Science Center
March 2010 (approx.)
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A Tegeticula maculata Yucca moth is perched & depositing a pollen ball onto a stigma of a Yucca plant (Hesperoyucca whipplei). Photo by Sherwin Carlquist, 2010.
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