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 ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด, this week on Wangal Land.
#australianpollinatorweek
#ozpollinators
Happy World Bee Day! ๐
This year's theme, "Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all", highlights the critical roles bees and other pollinators play in agrifood systems and ecosystem health.
Here's a Lipotriches bee buzz-pollinating a Dianella flower (Wangal land).
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Buzz pollination in action!
๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ sp. sonicating anthers and collecting pollen from climbing guinea flower (๐. ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด) in my garden ๐ผ๐
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Native moth on Bursaria
Native wasp-mimic bee on Melaleuca
Wild Pollinator Count is still on hiatus! But you can look for #ozpollinators any time, wherever there are flowering plants. Our site has lots of resources to help ID what you find #citizenscience wildpollinatorcount.com/2022/11/11/u...
A native resin bee checking out potential nest holes in our old railway sleeper garden edges #wildoz #ozinverts #ozpollinators
Male Australian lithurgine bee, with pollen on his back, being chased out of a pumpkin flower by a tiny ant
Male bees are often overlooked as pollinators, but they can pollinate too! Here's a male wood boring lithurgine bee enjoying our pumpkin flowers #ozinverts #ozpollinators ๐
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