Left: Flowers and fruits of wild Aristolochia shimadae . Top right: A Japanese yellow hornet ( Vespa simillima xanthoptera ) visiting the freshly dehisced capsule. Bottom right: A wasp ( Vespula shidai ) carrying away the seed after licking the juicy and sticky substance. Photos by Kana Watanabe‐Toma & Tetsuo Ohi‐Toma on Mt. Rokko, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Watanabe‐Toma, K., & Ohi‐Toma, T. (2024). First report of vespicochory in Aristolochia shimadae Hayata (Aristolochiaceae) in Japan. Plant Species Biology, 167–172. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12449 image
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