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.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Crambid Snout Moths. More little known pollinators

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Unindentified crambid moth on goldenrod, drinking nectar with its long tongue The Crambid Snout Moths or Crambidae are a large family of...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Pine Barrens, Plants and their Pollinators

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Pine tree shedding pollen The Pine Barrens of New Jersey is well worth a visit. The Pinelands Preservation Alliance is dedicated to ...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Inchworms: more little known pollinators

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Inchworm ( Eupithecia) on coneflower Another group of not well known pollinator moths are the members of the Geometrid family, better...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Little known moth pollinators: seed casebearers and flower moths

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Seed case bearer moth Coleophora trifolii It continues to amaze me how little we know about pollinator moths, aside from a handful of th...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Metalmark moths. More little known pollinators

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Anthophila fabriciana. By Remo Angelini So much to learn about pollinators! Huge numbers of moths, flies and beetles don't get en...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Black-and-yellow lichen moth, a little known pollinator

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We are very familiar with the pollinating role of butterflies and we are aware that a number of moths, such as the hummingbird moth also vis...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Pollinators, the night shift

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  We are familiar with day-blooming flowers and day-visiting insects, bees, butterflies, flies and a few others. These insects usually...
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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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