ocr: Yucca Noths Keeping a critical appoint- ment with their) host plant, yucca moths emerge to mate (top, far left) just as pollen-laden yucca flowers unfold. Mating done, the female climbs atop one of the flower's six stamens (top center) and gathers acache of pollen, using tentacles tailor-made for thet task. Airlifting the cargo to another yucca, she bores into the plant's ovary with the ovipositor on her abdomen (top right) to place an egg inside. She then ascends to the: stigma and stuffs some pollen into the funnel (left) to fertilize: seeds that grow tol become food for her larval offspring ...
