beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators
- Written by Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Mircea Costina/ShutterstockAbout 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...





