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Euphorbia mauritanica (Beesmelkbos, Geelmelkbos)
Life > Embryophyta (plants) >
Angiospermae (flowering plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Order:
Malpighiales
> Family: Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia mauritanica bushes in West Coast
Strandveld at Langebaan (Western Cape, South Africa). The
insects in the remaining images were all photographed at
this site. |
Insects are attracted to some sort of secretion on the
flowers of E. mauritanica. Shown here is a species of
Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) |
Unidentified flies on E. mauritanica flowers. |
Unidentified beetle apparently feeding on pollen of E. mauritanica
flower. |
Another species of beetle feeding on pollen. |
Text and photos by Hamish Robertson |