Photograph Notes: Mainly found in scrub and woodland in the southern England chalk belt (as here, in shade on North Downs chalk), it also occurs elsewhere in lime-rich soils. The flowers (see [[1330567]] for close up) have a strong insect resemblance, hence both the English and Latin names. In this case, the mimicry serves a purpose: a combination of its appearance and pheromones produced by the plant dupes male digger wasps of the genus Argogorytes into thinking that the flowers are females, and the resulting attempt at copulation results in the pollen being collected - if followed by a visit to another plant, this may result in pollination.

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