Day 10 #artAdventCalendar A piece for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination about who decides what gets pollinated if humans and our devices are the only pollinators.

The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. Milkweed is insanely popular with the pollinators in my garden and 🧵

#linocut #sciart #printmaking #pollination #future #milkweed #ecology #manufacturedEcosystems #mastoArt

Day 10 #artAdventCalendar A piece for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination about who decides what gets pollinated if humans and our devices are the only pollinators.

The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. Milkweed is insanely popular with the pollinators in my garden and 🧵

#linocut #sciart #printmaking #pollination #future #milkweed #ecology #manufacturedEcosystems #mastoArt

For the first time, scientists have documented a plant that mimics the smell of injured ants to attract pollinators.

A dogbane species native to Japan, releases chemical compounds that match the odor ants give off when attacked by spiders.

The discovery reveals that floral deception is more diverse than previously thought and suggests many other hidden plant mimicry strategies may still be undiscovered.

by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/japanese-plant-smells-like-dying-ant-to-lure-pollinators/

#news #nature #flora #pollination #science

For the first time, scientists have documented a plant that mimics the smell of injured ants to attract pollinators.

A dogbane species native to Japan, releases chemical compounds that match the odor ants give off when attacked by spiders.

The discovery reveals that floral deception is more diverse than previously thought and suggests many other hidden plant mimicry strategies may still be undiscovered.

by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/japanese-plant-smells-like-dying-ant-to-lure-pollinators/

#news #nature #flora #pollination #science