There is a very special relationship between the yucca tree and a tiny silver and white insect called the pronuba moth, also known as the yucca moth. Each different type or species of yucca has its ...

TICKABOO VALLEY -- It is the iconic plant of the Mojave Desert, its name immortalized with a national park and a U2 album. But there would be no Joshua trees at all without an easily overlooked moth ...

Yucca moths are most well known for their obligate pollination mutualism with yuccas, where pollinator moths provide yuccas with pollen and, in exchange, the moth larvae feed on a subset of the ...

The Karner blue butterfly is one of many species of butterflies that depend on specific host plants. Because the caterpillars only feed on blue lupine plants, they depend on hatching at the right time ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mutualisms form an integral part of many communities and play an important role in the maintenance and promotion of biodiversity. The inherent ...

Everyone loves a butterfly but few are as enchanted with the lowly moth. Yet these muted insects lost in the shadows may have more smarts. Eons ago they quit the daytime and found it safer to chase ...

! Yucca at Conference House Park 2017-03-05 13.16.24.jpg Yucca are tough plants that grow in dry, arid regions and in sandy lowlands along the eastern seaboard. Though naturally found as far north as ...

Brush up against a yucca plant and you won’t forget it. The needle-like points on its long, narrow leaves can deliver memorable puncture wounds. Yuccas are relatives of aloes, hostas, asparagus, and ...

Researcher Chris Smith and field assistant Candace Fallon introduce Yucca moths to blooms on Joshua trees in the Mojave desert during research, Apr. 07. This iconic plant of the Mojave Desert also ...