A little blue banded bee, with iridescent stripes on its abdomen and a golden-brown thorax, hovers towards the bright yellow flowers of a Cassia fistula tree. The photograph is credited as being by Jean and Fred Hort, Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0.

A rainbow lorikeet, with vibrant green, yellow and blue plumage and a red beak, feasts on the bright red blooms of a Callistemon tree. The photograph is credited as being by Peter Mackey, Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0.

Three flying foxes, two looking directly at us, hang upside down from a branch. Their black, leathery wings are folded tightly against their fluffy, orangey-brown bodies. The photo is credited as being by Geoff Brooks, Unsplash.

Pollination is a team effort. 🐝🦜🦇

Bees get the spotlight, but birds, bats & beetles also move the pollen that sustains our ecosystems.
Explore the diverse cast of Australian pollinators and why biodiversity depends on them: blog.publish.csiro.au/austpollinat...

#AustralianPollinatorWeek

It's Australian native pollinator week! I'll be trying to post a native bee a day. Here's today's (10/11) bee the Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia (Lipotriches phanerura), capable of buzz pollination.

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It's Australian Pollinator Week!
8-16 November

Our native pollinators provide key ecosystem services, which contributes to maintaining our unique biodiversity.

I photographed this little pollinator, a male 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴, this week on Wangal Land.

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