Pollinators
A bee looking for pollen on a flower. Photo taken at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster bay, NY.
Pollinators are responsible for assisting over 80% of the world's flowering plants to reproduce. Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees are pollinators. They visit flowers to drink nectar or feed off of pollen and transport pollen grains as they move from spot to spot.
Although the exhibit focuses on plants I wanted to highlight the important role of pollinators around flowering plants. For more information visit here and here.
Bombus terrestris also known as buff-tailed bumblebee.
Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus)