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**Monday, June 2** - The photos in this slideshow illustrate the diverse plant life in southwest Oklahoma. Each flower was photographed near the Crater Lake area in the [|Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge] near [|Lawton].  =====

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 * Tuesday, June 3 ** - The slideshow below is a sampling of the 2,000 species of insects thought or known to be found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton. Each photo was taken near the ENE bank of Lake Lawtonka in an area designated for daily recreational use (Pavillion 2). =====

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 * Wednesday, June 4 ** - After spending time familiarizing ourselves with the plant and insect life common to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the group began examining the relationship between the two. Data collected near Lake Lawtonka (shown in the graph below) shows the frequency of insect landings on four selected flowers. =====

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 * ~  ||~ coleoptera ||~ diptera ||~ hemiptera ||~ hymenoptera ||~ lepidoptera ||~ odanata ||~ orthoptera ||~ thrysanoptera ||
 * ~ White-top daisy ||= 1 ||= 2 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 1 ||= 0 ||= 12 ||
 * ~ Potato vine ||= 1 ||= 5 ||= 0 ||= 1 ||= 13 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||
 * ~ Lead plant ||= 14 ||= 6 ||= 1 ||= 17 ||= 7 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||
 * ~ Mexican hat ||= 23 ||= 8 ||= 0 ||= 7 ||= 4 ||= 1 ||= 1 ||= 0 ||

**P** ollinators are not all the same. Different pollinators feed on different plants and therefore pollinate different plants. Some common pollinators are bees, butterflies, birds, and moths. But that's not all. Other pollinators include flies, beetles, and bats. || ||  ||  ||  ||
 * || ==Pollinators==

MacArthur Jones and "Quest for the Perfect Pollen"

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