Posts Tagged: melyrid beetle

Not Your Usual Pollinator

Since this is National Pollinator Week, you're probably out celebrating the bees--maybe doing hand stands, cartwheels and pirouettes. But have you ever thought about beetles as pollinators? They are. We spotted this little critter on a California...

Melyrid beetle (Endeodes insularis) on a poppy petal. (Photo y Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Melyrid beetle (Endeodes insularis) on a poppy petal. (Photo y Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of melyrid beetle covered with pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of melyrid beetle covered with pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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