Pollinators

Flowers have maintained a partnership with insect pollinators from the beginning. They are masters at attracting these love messengers and perpetuating the species through pollination. They use countless ways to accomplish this goal.

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Friday, May 6, 2016

The Most Invasive Butterfly: Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

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A flock of cabbage butterflies ( Pieris rapae ) © Beatriz Moisset If you see a pretty white butterfly, more likely than not you a...

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Native species

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Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca (© B. Moisset) Definitions of native plants abound. None is entirely satisfactory in all circumst...

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Pollinators of the American Chestnut

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American Chestnut Pollen Stalks: Photo by Timothy Van Vliet " And the blossoms gave up one of the best honey crops we ever ha...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Of Spring Beauties and Lesser Celandines

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A few spring beauties surrounded by the invasive lesser celandine Lesser celandine along the trail where native flowers used to be ...

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Where have all the spring beauties gone?

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We are studying the pollination of spring beauties. The main pollinator of this lovely early spring wildflower is a bee, called the spring ...

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Beatriz Moisset: We are all part of the web of life. Animals need plants and plants need animals and ultimately we all need each other in a very intricate and complex web of interactions. A biologist from Argentina, resident of the United States for many years. Author of: "Bee Basics, An Introduction to Our Native Bees" by Beatriz Moisset, Ph.D and Stephen Buchmann, Ph.D. All photos and content are copyrighted. Please, contact me if you want to use or purchase something.

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