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The Hidden World Of UV
We all know flowers use colour to attract insects. But what isn鈥檛 so widely known is they also deploy extraordinary patterns, invisible to the human eye. We can鈥檛 see ultraviolet light 鈥� but insects can.
Professor Iain Stewart uses an ultra-violet camera to reveal the stunning decorations used by some flowers to attract pollenating insects.
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