The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen This shows seven pairs of pollinia of Orchis pyramidalis on the moths proboscis The pollen would have become attached when the insect fed on the flowers nectar When the next Orchis pyramidalis was visited the pollen would be left in a flower thus crossfertilizing it From The Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin London
