Are Moths Better Pollinators Than Bees?
When I think of pollinators, I picture bees, butterflies, bats, or flies. But I imagine moths to be unlikely pollinators . A recent study by the University of Sussex looked into the efficiency of different bugs and found that moths are more efficient than day-time pollinators! I’m going to go into more points about their findings, their study is linked here . Why do we need pollinators? Pollinators are vital as if they don’t get to ‘work’ we won't have fruit or seeds from our plants! You can hand pollinate all your flowers but it is boring and fiddly work. When a pollinator lands on a flower (to drink nectar or eat pollen) they pick up the pollen on the anther and transfer it to the next flower. Once a flower is pollinated it will grow into a fruit. The fruit will grow seeds, and the seeds will be spread by whatever ate the fruit. The pollinators can also cover a large area, reaching more flowers and keeping the biological diversity within the plants. Less diversity means that if a
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