NATIVE POLLINATORS
OF NORTH AMERICA
Pollinators visit flowering plants for nectar and pollen, and in the process, transfer pollen from one flower to another, making it possible for 90% of all plant species to reproduce. Pollinators include species of bees, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, birds and bats. No other pollinators complete this task more effectively and efficiently than native pollinators. These species have evolved within their environments over millennia to aid in the pollination of native plants. Not only do native pollinators provide us with many of the crops we depend on, they also play an integral role in the functioning of natural ecosystems. Without them, ecosystems could not function and neither could we. Alarmingly, their populations are in decline worldwide. But, there are many ways to help! Enjoy your research and activism!
A small batch collection of handmade naturally dyed silk/cotton kerchiefs whose purpose is to spread seeds of information about the importance of native pollinators through utility and beauty.
1-Bee Fly 2-Soldier Beetle 3-Cuckoo Bee 4-Black Swallowtail Butterfly 5-Long-Tailed Skipper Butterfly 6-Bumble Bee 7-Alkali Bee
8-Mason Bee 9-Mud Dauber Wasp 10-Luna Moth 11-Polka-Dot Wasp Moth 12-Bumble Bee 13-Bee Fly 14-Golden-Reined Digger Wasp 15-Carpenter Bee 16-Mason Bee 17-Dragonfly 18-Blueberry Bee 19-Bumble Bee 20-Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bee 21-Horse-Fly 22-Monarch Butterfly 23-Carder Bee 24-Bumble Bee 25-Monarch Butterfly 26-Mud Dauber Wasp 27-Blue Mason Bee 28-Rufous Breasted Hummingbird 29-Bumble Bee 30-Digger Wasp 31-Hover Fly 32-Milkweed Bug 33-Bumble Bee 34-Fungus Gnat 35-Net-Winged Beetle 36-Leaf Cutter Bee 37-Blister Beetle 38-Lesser Long-Nosed Bat 39-Carpenter Bee 40-Paper Wasp 41-Bumble Bee 42-Carder Bee 43-Green Sweat Bee 44-Hover Fly 45-Blue Orchard Bee 46-Blue Bottle Fly 47-Squash Bee 48-Four-Spotted Skipper 49-Swallowtail Butterfly 50-Cuckoo Bee 51-Spider Wasp 52-Bumble Bee 53-Bumble Bee 54-Grasshopper 55-Bumble Bee 56-Chickweed Geometer Moth 57-White Lined Sphinx Moth 58-Green Sweat Bee 59-American Copper Butterfly 60-Great Black Wasp 61-American Painted Lady Butterfly 62-Pollen Wasp 63-Hummingbird Moth
64-Hover Fly 65-Io Moth 66-Ichneumon Wasp 67-Bumble Bee 68-Blue Bottle Fly 69-Ichneumon Wasp 70-Carpenter Bee 71-Blue Mason Bee 72-Bee Fly 73-Glorious Scarab Beetle 74-Tachinid Fly
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