An Ocean Apart, Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Create Similar Communities

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 03:19 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Asian pitcher plants transplanted to Massachusetts bogs can mimic the living communities of natives so well that the pitcher plant mosquito -- a specialized insect that evolved to complete its life cycle exclusively in North American pitchers -- lays eggs in the impostors, new research shows.

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