When Milkweeds Attack The Scary Side of Pollination

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🦋🦋🦋🦋Learn about how milkweeds helps far more critters than just the monarch butterfly in this video: • Milkweed - More Than Monarchs! 🦋🦋🦋🦋 • Milkweeds are well known for being the host plant for the monarch butterfly and drawing a wide range of pollinators and wildlife, but their unusual method of pollination is super interesting as well. Milkweed sets a trap of sorts to ensure that pollinators take pollen with them, and deposit it only where it will guarantee pollination. • =========================== • Connect with us! • ============================= • Blog: https://www.backyardecology.net/blog • Podcast: https://www.backyardecology.net/podcast • Facebook: / backyardecology • =========================== • Help support the channel!! • ============================= • Purchase our book: Attract Pollinators and Wildlife to Your Yard - 15 Free and Easy Ways: https://shannontrimboli.com/shop/ • Patreon: / backyardecology • Or you can give a one-time donation at: • PayPal Donate: • https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... • 🌻🌻🌻🌻 Video Services I Use and Recommend 🌻🌻🌻🌻 • I am a member of the Think Media Video Ranking Academy and can honestly say it has been a huge boost in getting this channel off the ground! Well designed program and great support! If you are a YouTuber you owe it to yourself to check out what they have to offer. • Check out a FREE class here: https://courses.seancannell.com/a/214... • Or if you are super serious about making YouTube a career, go all in and go straight to the VRA signup: https://courses.seancannell.com/a/214... • I also use the vidIQ browser extension which basically supercharges your YouTube analytics and provides greater insights into how your channel is performing. It also includes some super cool AI tools and channel audit capabilities that are incredibly helpful with refining your YouTube game! They have both free and paid versions. • • Try out the FREE vidIQ tools here and learn about what vidIQ can do for you and your channel: https://vidiq.com/backyardecology • These are affiliate links and we earn a small commission from purchases made when using them, so using them helps to support the Backyard Ecology channel! • Chapters: • 0:00 Introduction to the Weird World of Milkweed Pollination • 0:43 The Structure of the Milkweed Flower Corona • 1:16 The Strange Arrangement of Milkweed Flower Stamens and Pistols (Male and Female Parts) • 1:45 The Pollinarium – How the Pollinia Are Connected to Form This Structure • 2:04 How the Pollinarium Gets on To an Insect’s Leg (or Other Appendage) – It’s a Trap! • 2:28 Insects That Can Remove the Pollinarium by Flying Off – Bumblebees, Butterflies, Moths, Wasps • 2:48 Honeybees and Milkweed Pollination • 3:22 How the Insect Delivers the Pollinarium to Another Milkweed Flower • 3:56 The Vicious Cycle of Milkweed Pollination the Pollinarium Stubs on the Insects Create • 4:25 How Many Flowers in Each Umbel Actually Produce Seeds? • 4:52 The Importance of Milkweed in the Environment

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