Symbiotic Relationships- Research Project

Yucca- Yucca Moth

• The symbiotic relationship between Yucca-Yucca Moth is mutualism
• Yucca- Yucca Moth's are found in Southeastern Portion in The United States and the West Indies

How Do They Get Their Energy

• Yucca- Yucca Moth get their energy from the moth eating the Yucca seeds from the Yucca flower
• The role in the relationship between these to are the moth collects pollen from the plant and visits another flower to lay an egg then she applies pollen to the tip of the pistol securing the fertilization

Ants- Acacia

• The symbiotic relationship between Ants and Acacia is mutualism
• Ants And Acacia's are found in Costa Rica

How Do They Get Their Energy

• They get their energy from the Acacia tree
• The role in the relationship between these two are the plant provides ants with a nest site and protein and return for defense by the ant

Nematodes-Sheep

• The symbiotic relationship between the organisms is mutalism
• The nematodes and sheep are found in Gastrointestinal part of the sheep

How Do They Get Their Energy

• Nematodes and sheep get their energy from there is a parasite that feeds off the sheep
• The relationship between the two is infestation of an nematodes which causes death in the sheep and any other sheep contaminated