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All About Pollination

Do you know the important role bees, butterflies, moths, birds and marsupials have in pollinating plants? Pollination is the fertilisation of a plant via pollen transfer from the male part of the plant to the female part of the plant – on either the same plant (self-pollination) or between flowers on different plants of the same species (cross-pollination). Pollination is vital for plants to create seeds. For some plants, pollination can occur by wind or water. However almost 90% of flowering plants need an animal pollinator. The introduced European honeybee may be the most well-known, but there are many other insects that pollinate flowers: butterflies, flies, moths, wasps, beetles, ants, and over 2000 native Australian bee species. Other animals also provide pollination services, including lizards, flying foxes, birds, rodents, gliders, and possums.