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. 2013 Apr 17;111(6):1155–1165. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct081

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Shelter mimicry in Iris atropurpurea (section Oncocyclus, genus Iris): (A) detail of a flower of I. atropurpurea at the study site of Netanya; (B, C) males of Synhalonia spectabilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) inside (B) and at the entrance (C) of the floral tube of I. atropurpurea; (D) male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) sicula (Hymoptera, Megachilidae) leaving a floral tube of I. atropurpurea. The white pollen grains are visible on the body of the male bees in (B) and (D). All photographs by N. J. Vereecken.