Bactrocera dorsalis & Bulbophyllum cheiri

Male fruit flies attracted by chemical reward of Bulbophyllum cheiri feeding on floral synomone containing methyl eugenol. NB - a male Bactrocera dorsalis bearing a pollinarium at bottom right of the flower.

Photographed by TAN Keng Hong.
May 1992, Penang, Malaysia.
Cited by: J. Chem. Ecol. 28: 1161-1172.

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