Thanks a lot for all your good wishes. The white thing on head is the pollinia from Pholidota. Those on feet are probably pollinia of Asclepias. Pankaj
On Friday, 20 July 2012 12:10:20 UTC+8, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > Attaching some pics. Hope you will understand the reasons behind. The > closeup reveals something extra if you can check the legs of the insect. > Just for information. When we study pollination biology there is > pollination success which can be divided into two parts. Male pollination > success: meaning how many times insect visited divided by how many times it > was actually able to take off the pollinia. > Female pollination success: meaning how many times insect or pollinator > visited the flower divided by how many times it was able to deposit the > pollinia on the stigma. Then overall pollination success can be represented > by ratio of first by second. > Best regards > Pankaj > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nZkV_cbjk_Y/UAjZKEvYyzI/AAAAAAAABM4/9mlP7vn-_QY/s1600/DSC_6832.JPG> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Dhej0_HNlVQ/UAjZUEYHo8I/AAAAAAAABNA/EMG5Xj4qtbU/s1600/DSC_6833+copy.jpg> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mduu89o4PmU/UAjZbl3q45I/AAAAAAAABNI/yhxGI3sWiZU/s1600/DSC_6833+copy+01.JPG> > >
