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, August 31, 2014

The "Unbeetle" Beetle

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© 2007 Beatriz Moisset The distinguishing feature of all beetles is their hard external shell or coat. They don't seem to have w...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

The Mason Wasp and the Caterpillar

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Mason wasp, Euodynerus hidalgo and caterpillar © Beatriz Moisset. 2014 Recently I found a wasp on a sunflower wrestling a caterp...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Hairy-legged Fly, a Gardener's Friend

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Female Trichopoda pennipes . © Beatriz Moisset Unsung insect heroes of the native plant garden abound. Pest fighters such as la...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Flower Longhorn Beetles, the Elegant Crowd

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Strangalia luteicornis on buttonbush © Beatriz Moisset   Most beetles we are familiar with are roundish or oval-shaped hard shell...
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

The Great Impersonators, flower flies

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Eristalis tenax , the drone fly, a honey bee mimic © Beatriz Moisset Why would one insect want to look like another? There must be ...
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Importance of Native Pollinators

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Bumble bee visiting a sunflower. © 2010 Beatriz Moisset At the risk of repeating myself, I want to discuss once again the widespread er...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Don't Underestimate the Native Pollinators

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Honey bee and several native bees on flowers of fruit trees © Beatriz Moisset  The concern for honey bees has exploded i...
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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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