Not just bees and butterflies: Beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature's unsung pollinators
About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...
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Magnolias are so ancient they’re pollinated by beetles — because bees didn’t exist yet
Spring arrives, and with it, the magnolias. Their enormous pink and white blooms unfurl in many parts of the world, but if ...
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Cold-weather insects: these winter pollinators are super cool(ed)
WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to ...
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Unsung Heroes: Insect Pollinators Vital for Ecosystems
The article highlights the role of various insects like flies, beetles, and wasps in pollination, which is crucial for the reproduction of flowering plants. Bees are well-known pollinators, but other ...
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Seven insect heroes of pollination
The relationship between plants and their pollinators is an ancient one. Researchers have found a tumbling flower beetle trapped in amber from the Cretaceous Period almost 99 million years ago. Plants ...
Keeping an unkempt garden helps local pollinators, insects thrive
Maintaining an unkempt garden can play a crucial role in supporting local pollinators and beneficial insects throughout the ...
10 Best Nasturtium Companion Plants for Controlling Garden Pests Naturally
Nasturtiums can also be used to suppress weeds and control pests on melon vines, but that’s not the only reason to try out ...
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Native Pollinators
Pollinators may be our planet's most ecologically and economically important group of animals. They provide stability for every terrestrial ecosystem in the world, because wild flowering plants depend ...