Pseudocopulation in Pouyannian mimicry Pseudocopulation is a behavior similar to copulation that serves a reproductive function for one or both participants...

mating behavior can increase fertility. In this behavior known as pseudocopulation, one female assumes a male-like role and the other a female-like role...

shorter and thicker. The mating of acorn barnacles is described as pseudocopulation. The goose barnacle Pollicipes polymerus can alternatively reproduce...

PMC 2124481. PMID 17301016. Peakall R, Beattie AJ, James SH (October 1987). "Pseudocopulation of an orchid by male ants: a test of two hypotheses accounting for...

it lands in search of its attractant. Other flowers use mimicry or pseudocopulation to attract pollinators. Many orchids, for example, produce flowers...

was made by Australian naturalist Edith Coleman in 1928. The term "pseudocopulation" has since been coined to describe the phenomenon. The mimicking of...

orchids mimic females of particular insects, deceiving males into pseudocopulation. The yucca, Yucca whipplei, is pollinated exclusively by Tegeticula...

The male wasp is tricked into pollinating the Ophrys orchid (via pseudocopulation) by mimicking the female wasp in appearance and scent. Kevin M. O'Neill...

and scent. Earlier-emerging males attempt to mate with the flowers ("pseudocopulation"), collecting pollinia in the process which they transfer to other...

located within the tube. These eyespots attract male bees to perform pseudocopulation with the orchid's blossom. The petals are ovoid and taper at the tip...