Polynizer animals: examples and characteristics

Hypos bees are POLINADORS par excellencewell They feed mainly on pollen and nectar. They are exclusively diurnal pollinators and help themselves to find flowers. They sit on the flowers and this is when it is done to the transfer of pollen, with the help of some hairs in their body to which the pollen adheres. They also have a structure on the legs called Escopa in which they collect pollen. They are very specific, and collect pollen of a single species for each day.

Here you can read about the function of bees and plants and flowers that attract bees.

The butterflies commonly come to libar flowers to extract the nectar with the help of a long tongue called proboscide. For this they perch on the flowers and For the friction his body with pollen helps to distribute it. But also, the species Heliconius It feeds on pollenso they are great pollinating. They depend largely on colors to identify flowers.

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The hummingbirds are so important pollinators that they are called feathered bees. They are nectarivores with a very high energy demand for the rapid flutter demanded by its suspended flight. It is estimated that 8 thousand plants in America, where the hummingbirds are originally, depend on them to be pollinated. They have a long peak with which they are introduced in flowers mainly in the form of a bell, and this peak is impregnated with pollen to step.

Discover here the flowers that attract hummingbirds.

The moths are usually overlooked as pollinating ones because they are Night habitsbut the reality is that they also contribute to this important process. This species will come to feed on flowers that produce nectar at nightand have a night vision with which they distinguish between colored difference. In addition, they mainly choose the flowers of light colors that create contrast with the night. This species is such an important pollinizer that it is responsible for 5 and 10% of local plants.

Here you can discover the different types of moths.

This insect is a moth that looks completely from a hummingbird. This similarity is also reflected in the occupation of niche, as the hummingbird sphinx feeds on floral nectar through the suspended flight over the flowers, just like these birds. They help their excellent view to locate the suitable flowers. For the contact you have with flowers, it helps pollinate them and carry said pollen from one place to another.

In this other post we give you much more information about the Sphinx Colibrí: characteristics, food and habitat.

Not all pollinators are insects, but we also have important mammals, which are the nectarivorous bats. This species is the special responsible, together with L. Yerbabuenaeof pollinate the magueywhere the tequila, mezcal and pulque is obtained. Once the flower emerges the plant will die, so it must be cut before blooming for the tequila industry. But to ensure the survival of the plant, some plants with flower are usually left.

In this other post you can learn about what are the characteristics of bats.

The bumblebee workers have baskets, called corbicles, in which They store the pollen that collect from the flowers. To take it to the legs, they lick their whole body to collect everyone who has adhered to them, to gather it in the corbicle. This pollen will serve as food in the hive. When flowing flower in flower, they end up depositing a part of the pollen that transport each other, facilitating pollination.

Discover here the different types of bumblebees.

Lemures are mainly herbivorous omnivores, being able to feed on all types of small insects, but especially plant matter such as fruits, flowers and even exudated as resins or nectar. For this reason, it is common to find them licking flowers or cutting them to eat them. During this process The pollen adheres to snout and hands, being transported from one place to another.

Discover the different types of lemur here.

This is another peculiar example of pollinators who are not insects. This animal feeds on nectar of endemic plants of the Round Island, in Mauricio, where it is originally. It is common to see his face full of pollen, and this is the one that will take from one plant to another. The pollinating reptiles They are not very frequent, and the few that exist are belittled in terms of their pollinating capacity.

The figs are fruits that require this family of wasps to pollinateand vice versa, wasps need figs to grow. They will enter the fig, which is an inverted flower, to reproduce and put inside the eggs. During this process They will pollinate flowers so that the fruit matches.

We recommend reading these articles what the Polyinizing Waspas and Insects are for: what are and their importance.

• Tábanos (Tabanidae family)
• Wasps (Vespula spp.)
• Icneumonids (Ichneumonidae family)
• Common fly (domestic musca)
• Flower flies (Eristalinus aeneus)
• Chrysopidae family)
• Melipone bee (Melipona Beecheii)
• Common carding bumblebee (Bombus Easterum)
• Piquilargo hermit (PhaetHornis longirostris)
• Ants (Plagiolepis pygmaa)

Now you know different pollinating animals better and we recommend knowing in more detail what pollination and its types are.

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