Secret night operations between #hawkmoths and Japan's black-nectar flowers https://phys.org/news/2026-04-exposing-secret-night-hawkmoths-japan.html

Black juice in the dark: #Pollination of dark-nectared Jasminanthes mucronata (Apocynaceae) by nocturnal hawkmoths https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70370

"nocturnal #moths are the main #pollinators of Jasminanthes mucronata, a plant species native to Japan that produces black nectar. This is the first time that a colored nectar flower has been confirmed to be mainly pollinated by nocturnal #insects."