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Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney

Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators

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About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimise reproduction, making pollination one of nature’s most important processes.

Bees are usually the first insects to come to mind when people think of pollinators. But many other insects – including beetles, flies, moths and butterflies – also visit flowers to feed on nectar and pollen.

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