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Grreat fotos Hugh. Limes flowers exude a sugar based nectar upto litres per day. if you park your car under one for a week you'll see what i mean.
I don’t think it’s the nectar that causes the stickiness. This from woodlands.co.uk:
Limes often attract aphids (greenfly & blackfly) in considerable numbers. They use their piercing mouthparts (stylets) to feed on the sugars in the leaves.The sugary sap is extracted from the phloem tissue. The aphids exude a sticky honeydew (a sugar and amino acid rich liquid).
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