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News Release 10-151
Genetic Structure of First Animal to Show Evolutionary Response to Climate Change Determined
Pitcher plant-dwelling mosquito shows effects of Earth's rapidly changing climate
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The pitcher plant mosquito develops entirely within the water-filled purple pitcher plant.
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An adult female mosquito descends into a purple pitcher plant leaf in southern Wisconsin.
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Populations of Wyeomyia smithii migrated north along the Atlantic Coast about 20,000 years ago.
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The purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, ranges from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.
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In northern Florida, S. purpurea overlaps with S. flava with which it can form hybrids.
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This hybrid S. purpurea and S. flava plant has red leaves and is more than 35 years old.
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The pitcher plant in this image has the pink flowers characteristic of Gulf Coast populations.
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Crimson flowers are indicative of northern populations of the purple pitcher plant.
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