Pollinators

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 129. Chapters: Butterfly, Bee, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hummingbird, Honey bee, Fig wasp, Moth, Sugar glider, Gnat, Africanized bee, Bumblebee, Bat, Monarch, Western honey bee, Calliphoridae, Stingless bee, Grey-headed Flying Fox, Thrips, Trochilinae, Bombyliidae, Sunbird, Sphingidae, Xylocopa sonorina, Common green bottle fly, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Hoverfly, Eastern carpenter bee, Merodon, Eristalis, Bombylius, Sphex pensylvanicus, Feathertail Glider, Euglossini, Macroglossum stellatarum, Halictidae, Apis andreniformis, Bald-faced hornet, Mason bee, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Megachilidae, Orchard mason bee, Pleistodontes froggatti, Bombus terrestris, Eumerus, Tachinidae, Villa, Apis dorsata, New Holland Honeyeater, Calliope Hummingbird, Bombylius major, Prodoxidae, Apis dorsata laboriosa, Megachile rotundata, Melipona, Pegoscapus, Trigona, Soldier beetle, Bombus vosnesenskii, Colletidae, Mascarene White-eye, Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly, Thrips palmi, Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Syrphus, Apoidea, Xylocopa varipuncta, Apidae, Seychelles giant day gecko, Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Apis cerana nuluensis, Rat-tailed maggot, Pollen wasp, Melangyna viridiceps, Squash bee, Trigona carbonaria, Mahé day gecko, Bombus lapidarius, Tiphiidae, Western Pine Elfin, Dakota Skipper, Simosyrphus grandicornis, Blue ant, Dasypoda, Pinara, Seychelles Sunbird, Melittosphex burmensis, Midge, Trachusa perdita, Allodapula, Saussure's long-nosed bat, Megachile perihirta, Tetrapus, Megachile fidelis, Melittidae, Pleistodontes macrocainus, Andrena salicifloris, Plebeia, Macropis, Allodapini, Rediviva, Sweat bee, Betasyrphus, Apis mellifera cecropia, Anthemurgus passiflorae, Scoliidae, Plain-backed Sunbird, Episyrphus, Pleistodontes achorus, Baccha, Pleistodontes athysanus, Pleistodontes greenwoodi, Pleistodontes imperialis, Beeline, Xylocopa violacea, Pleistodontes nigriventris, Pleistodontes astrabocheilus, Pleistodontes xanthocephalus, Pleistodontes schizodontus, Pleistodontes nitens, Pegoscapus mexicanus, Ocyptamus, Pleistodontes deuterus, Pleistodontes regalis, Pleistodontes addicotti, Pleistodontes rigisamos, Pleistodontes proximus, Pleistodontes cuneatus, Allobacha, Asarkina, Hesperapis clarkia, Tetrapus americanus, Lasioglossum, Citrogramma, Habropoda laboriosa, Meliponula, Osmia atriventris, Alkali bee, Osmia californica, Osmia cornifrons, Bombus armeniacus. Excerpt: Lepidoptera ( -t¿-r¿) is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies (called lepidopterans). It is one of the most widely-recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies and found virtually everywhere. The term was coined by Linnaeus in 1735 and is derived from Ancient Greek (scale) and (wing). Comprising an estimated 174,250 species, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, the Lepidoptera show many variations of the basic body structure which have evolved to gain advantages in lifestyle and distribution. Recent estimates suggest that the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most speciose orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and the Coleoptera. Lepidopteran species are characterized by more than 20 derived features, some of the most apparent being the scales covering their bodies and wings, and a proboscis. The scales are modified, flattened "hairs", and give butterflies and moths the...