<em>Most plants contain a special colored chemical or pigment called chlorophyll that is used in photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is what absorbs the sun's energy and turns it into chemical energy. Not all the light energy from the sun is absorbed. Sunlight has many different colors in it.</em>
assuming there is no benefit to the pitcher plant from the mosquito larvae, commensalism means one species benefits while the other derives neither benefit nor harm