Meet some of the buzzing, bold and beautiful insects that make the most of long summer days to stir the pollen pot. Flowers abound in spring and summer. Their generous offerings of colour, smell and ...

We have all dealt with wasps, known for terrorizing swimming pools, picnics, and other outdoor activities with their alarming ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects.

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another ... Hint: While most pollinating insects are blind to the color red, this organism sees red objects ...

In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night ... In the Snowy Mountains, for instance, scientists found moths carry pollen from 19 different plant species. While some moths feed ...

The plants in the University of Delaware Educational Pollinator Garden serve as a food bank for all kinds of flower-visiting insects. Pollinators utlize rewards such as pollen and nector while other ...