another important area of symbiosis between carnivorous plants and insects is pollination. while many species of carnivorous plant can reproduce asexually via self-pollination or vegetative propagation, many carnivorous plants are insect-pollinated. outcross pollination is beneficial as it increases genetic diversity. this means that carnivorous plants undergo an evolutionary and ecological conflict often called the pollinator-prey conflict. there are several ways by which carnivorous plants reduce the strain of the pollinator-prey conflict. for long-lived plants, the short-term loss of reproduction may be offset by the future growth made possible by resources obtained from prey. other plants might "target" different species of insect for pollination and prey using different olfactory and visual cues.