Moths are super pollinators

Moths may be just as important as bees when it comes to pollinating plants, a new study has found. The research from the University of Sheffield showed that moths carry more pollen and visit more types of plants than experts had thought. Plants with flowers use pollination to reproduce. This involves taking pollen from the male part of a flower (the stamen) and carrying it to the female part (the stigma). Some flowers have both a stigma and stamen, so they can self-pollinate, but others need help from pollinators, which are often insects. Pollinators eat pollen and nectar – a sweet substance that many plants produce. When the creatures land on a flower, the pollen brushes onto them; when they fly off to another plant, the pollen brushes off onto…

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