被子植物の花には、さまざまなタイプのポリネーター（送粉者）が訪れます。昆虫は、ポリネーターの中でも多様性が高く、重要な役割を果たしていると考え られています。美しい花に昆虫がやってくる姿は多くの人々を魅了してきました。ちょっとした時間を見つけては、観察を行っています。

関連する研究成果

Sakagami K, Sugiura S (2019) Noctuid moths as pollinators of Habenaria sagittifera (Orchidaceae): floral adaptations for the transfer of pollinaria on the thoraxes of moths. The Science of Nature – Naturwissenschaften, 106: 58.

Funamoto, D. & Sugiura, S. (2017) Japanese white-eyes as potential pollinators of summer-flowering Taxillus kaempferi (Loranthaceae). Journal of Natural History, 51(27–28): 1649-1656.

Funamoto, D. & Sugiura, S. (2016) Settling moths as potential pollinators of Uncaria rhynchophylla (Rubiaceae). European Journal of Entomology, 113:497–501.

Sugiura, S. & Taki, H. (2012) Scale-dependent effects of habitat area on species interaction networks: invasive species alter relationships. BMC Ecology, 12:11.

Sugiura, S. (2012) Flower-visiting insect communities on two closely related Rhododendron species flowering in different seasons. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 6(3): 333-344.

Sugiura, S. (2008) Male territorial behaviour of the endemic large carpenter bee,Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), on the oceanic Ogasawara Islands. European Journal of Entomology, 105(1): 153-157. (PDF 252KB)

Sugiura, S., Abe, T., Yamaura, Y. & Makino, S. (2007) Flower-visiting behavior of male bees is triggered by nectar-feeding insects. Naturwissenschaften, 94(8): 703-707.

Sugiura, S. & Yamazaki, K. (2005) Moth pollination of Metaplexis japonica(Apocynaceae): pollinaria transfer on the tip of the proboscis. Journal of Plant Research, 118(4): 257-262.

Osada, N., Sugiura, S., Kawamura, K., Cho, M. & Takeda, H. (2003) Community-level flowering phenology and fruit set: a comparative study of 25 woody species in a secondary forest in Japan. Ecological Research, 18(6): 711-723.