SAY “POLLINATORS” and most people will think “bees”. They are correct, for bees are the most important insects involved in pollinating flowers. Rather fewer, however, might guess that the second-most important group is probably hoverflies. Yet hoverflies, according to a study published in 2020, help fertilise 52% of the world’s crops and 70% of its animal-pollinated wildflowers.
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