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INSECT POLLINATORS
Flowers Best Friends
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The main job of flowers is to attract pollinators and, in this way, to ensure the reproduction of the flowering plants. Their beautiful colors, interesting shapes and delicious scents have one purpose only: to attract pollinators.
So, who are these very important creatures? Mostly we are talking about insects: true there are some birds, bats and other small mammals, even a lizard. But the vast majority of pollinators are flying insects.
When we talk about pollinators the ones that come to mind are honey bees and butterflies, but there are also many other insects that perform this job for flowering plants, as well. There are flies, wasps, beetles and even some other insects that most people know nothing about, such as hemiptera and thrips. My favorite one is the one that pollinates the flowers of the cacao tree: a small fly, a midge, without which there would be no chocolate in this world. What a horrible thought!
It is to these very little known pollinators that I devote these pages, hoping that you learn to love them and to thank them as much as I do.
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Pollination through the seasons
Interesting facts
Other themes
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© Beatriz Moisset. 2006
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Photography by Beatriz Moisset.
Most pictures were taken in Montgomery County and Bucks County, PA in 2002 to 2005
Contact: bmoisset@aol.com
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