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After emerging from a Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia tuan-mudae), this carrion fly carries a load of pollen stuck to its back. If it manages to visit another Rafflesia within a week it will inadvertently transfer the pollen to the receptive flower. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).

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Borneo, Brachycera, Calliphoridae, Calyptratae, Cyclorrhapha, Diptera, East Malaysia, Insecta, Magnoliopsida, Malaysia, Malpighiales, Oestroidea, Rafflesiaceae, Sarawak, Schizophora, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, bloom, blow fly, blow-fly, bluebottle, calyptrate, calyptrate fly, calyptrate muscoid, carrion fly, endemic, fauna, flora, flower, fly, greenbottle, insect, invertebrate, mimic, mimicry, parasite, parasitic, parasitic plant, parasitism, plant, pollinate, pollination, rafflesia, rainforest, reproductive mimicry, tropical
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Pollination, Borneo, Insects, Plants
After emerging from a Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia tuan-mudae), this carrion fly carries a load of pollen stuck to its back. If it manages to visit another Rafflesia within a week it will inadvertently transfer the pollen to the receptive flower. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).