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Insect-pollinated flowers show various adaptations to attract insects—in the form of colour, pattern or scent or a combination of these factors. Flowers which are pollinated by butterflies and moths are usually heavily scented, especially those which are visited at night.

— Heather Angel

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Colour is of prime importance to life on earth: plants use it to attract insect pollinators and to aid dispersal of their fruit; animals use it to attract mates, as warning signals to predators and as camouflage.

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