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How do insects help a plant to reproduce?

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Answer: Many flowering plants have separate male and female flowers. Therefore, they need help transferring the pollen from one flower to another, so they rely on pollinators to help with pollination. A pollinator is an animal, such as an insect or a bird, that transfers pollen from flower to flower. Plants have flowers that attract pollinators in many ways. They produce nectar that birds such as hummingbirds eat. They have bright colors, "nectar guides,” and patterns that look like bull’s-eyes to guide insects, such as bees, into the flower. Once the animal is inside the flower, it gets covered with sticky grains of pollen. As the animal moves from flower to flower, pollen brushes off onto the stigmas of other flowers. Fertilization can then occur to produce seeds.

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Answer: insects helps plants reproduction through pollution, which further leads to fertilization, flower and seed production.

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