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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Beetles

From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region:




Beetles may not seem like a powerful pollinator, but due to sheer numbers, they are! We can thank beetles for pollinating more than 85% of our flowers. Plants with clusters of flowers are ideal because beetles are clumsy fliers.

Photo: Soldier beetles on goldenrod courtesy of Shihmei Barger/Creative Commons.

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