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. 2024 Sep 2;246:43–70. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.126310

Table 3.

Flower visitors of Ericainfundibuliformis at both study sites, including tongue lengths and pollen loads. Numbers represent mean ± SD (sample size), apart from visitors observed, which are counts.

Number observed Tongue length (mm) Pollen load Percent Erica tetrads in pollen
Agtertafelberg
Legitimate feeding
Hawkmoth spp. 12 20.7 ± 0.92 (3) 259.3 ± 33.9 (3) 88.2 ± 10.2 (3)
In population
Moegistorhynchus sp. 1 19.0 (1) 245 (1) 100
Robbing
Xylocopa sp. 121 5.94 ± 1.33 (8) 187.9 ± 392.3 (11) 0.44 ± 1.3 (9)
Other bee sp. 3 3.24 (2) 2768.0 ± 3805.7 (3) 1.6 ± 1.2 (3)
Wasp sp. 12 2.01 ± 0.37 (4) 66.5 ± 111.7 (4) 25.0 ± 43.3 (4)
On plant
Monkey beetles 10 0.9 (1) 0 0
Stettynsberg
Legitimate feeding
Hawkmoth spp. 5 19.6 (2) 851.0 ± 67.2 (3) 99.5 ± 0.44 (3)
Settling moth spp. 15 12.3 ± 3.27 (4) 523.4 ± 425.2 (5) 100 ± 0.0 (5)
In vicinity
Philoliche sp. 5 25.5 ± 0.41 (3) 1020.3 ± 484.3 (3) 0 (3)