EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY | Marc Johnson's Lab
Mompha stellela
A specialist micromoth that feeds on the developing flowers of Oenothera
Crab spider
Crab spiders frequently perch on Oenothera flowers, sitting in wait of visitors to the flower
Experiment of undergraduate student Alice Zhou, who published her resutls recently in Journal of Ecology
Common in OK and TX, this obligate outcrosser is closely related to O. laciniata and O. humifusa, which are functionally asexual
The functionally asexual Common Evening Primrose plays host to over 150 arthropod species. Genetic variation in plant traits of O. biennis are among the most important ecological factors influencing the abundance and distribution of insects on this plant.
