How do butterflies pollinate without touching flowers

2024-07-25 14:32:40

Researchers have discovered that lepidoptera don’t even need to land on a plant to collect pollen.

Pollination is an important event for the creation of a large number of plants. But if the stars of pollination are undoubtedly bees, Lepidoptera – butterflies and moths – also play a very important role. And they have their own way of foraging, as shown in the heart a study full of poetryjust published by researchers at the University of Bristol (England).

They discovered that butterflies collect so much static electricity when they fly that they don’t even need to land on the plant to collect the pollen! Typically, the transfer of pollen grains occurs by simple mechanical contact. Beans even have a sticky surface or hooks to make them easy to move!

« We already know that many animal species collect static fire when they fly, perhaps by fighting with the wind, and this special…

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