Gossypium hirsutum
Cotton

Pollen covered bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) resting on a spent flower, and grooming the pollen
Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
August 23, 2001,  10:52 AM  Hemingway,  SC   USA

Beneficial Insects
Pollistes Wasp looking for prey on cotton flower Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green August 23, 2001,  10:51 AM  Hemingway,  SC   USA	Ladybug looking for prey on cotton square Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green August 23, 2001,  11 AM  Hemingway,  SC   USA

Mature Field, Hemingway, SC   September 23, 2001

Family: Malvaceae
Cultivated crop plant
Observed pollinators: Bombus impatiens (bumblebee), Apis mellifera (honeybee)  Both had a pattern of gathering from the extrafloral nectiaries first, then going to the blossom. After getting covered with pollen, they would find a resting spot and groom the pollen from their bodies.

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