Look at me… and tell me I’m not a great pollinator…

Author Koh Lin ◦

Strolling through the parks and gardens, links us with the natural world around us. The enjoyment of a national park and a botanic garden provides us with the connection to mother nature.

A closer look at the flora, from the towering mountain ash, ghost gums, eucalypts to the scent and beauty of flowering plants, can arouse our senses… as for many of us, it provides an escape from the maddening crowd…

When plants are in flower, it is not only people that are enchanted by the blooms, but also insects… from species of bees, beetles, flies, wasps, butterflies, moths, and many more, that are drawn to the nectar and pollen. Insects are great pollinators, with many sharing two important features, many can fly and will visit many plants in a short space of time… so when you see a face like this, you can just image what it is saying…

Look at my face, and tell me I’m not a great pollinator…

and now for a moment of some buzz pollination…

Getting distracted with pollen is not always good… as this native bee Lasioglossum Parasphecodes sp is about to be captured by the crab spider Runcinia acuminata.

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