Dracula orchids exploit guilds of fungus visiting flies: new perspectives on a mushroom mimic

1. Dracula orchids mimic mushrooms in appearance and scent, and are pollinated by mushroom flies. This study examined the guilds of insect visitors to Dracula species and to co‐occurring mushrooms in an Ecuadorean cloud forest. Significant visitor overlap was documented (mostly in the genera Zygothrica and Hirtodrosophila ; Drosophilidae). To test the brood‐site mimicry hypothesis, behavioural observations were also performed and rearing success...