#insectpollination

Punk_Entomology

@punkentomology.bsky.social

3 months ago

Before Flowers Existed, Ancient Cycad Plants Lured Insects with Heat New research on strange cycad plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination

Very cool work by Wendy Valencia-Montoya out of the Bellono lab on cycads and ancient pollination.

tinyurl.com/CycadPollina...

#entomology #insectpollination #pollination

@arxivlens.bsky.social

7 months ago

Sweet to arrive, fermented to fly: flower-insect interactions in a Mexican dry forest population of Annona macroprophyllata (Annonaceae)
Castro-Moreno, M., de-la-Cruz-Chacon, I. R. et al.
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#AnnonaMacroprophyllata #InsectPollination #MexicanDryForestEcology

Gregory Rothman

@gregoryrothman.bsky.social

9 months ago

A honeybee hovers mid-air, wings beating fast and legs outstretched as it reaches for the nectar of a vivid purple spiderwort flower. Its golden, fuzzy body catches the light, and pollen already clings to its legs—proof of a busy morning’s work. This fleeting moment of motion and purpose captures the beauty of nature’s pollinators in action. Credit: Gregory Rothman 2025

Camera Phones never cease to amaze me. iPhone13 can be squeezed in to action where a regular camera would be a challenge on short notice.

#BeeInFlight #PollinatorsInAction #Honeybee #Spiderwort #WildflowerMagic #MacroNature #SaveTheBees #InsectPollination #FloralFlight #SpringInBloom
#Photography