pollination question

[Patrick Foley]

Ron,

Perhaps the original statement was something like 80% of flowers are visited
(rarely!) by beetles. Certainly bees win the maximum pollination reward. I
can't back this up with a quote or study at present since I am 3000 miles
from my library in Washington, giving a talk on extinction at a NOAA
workshop. All lepidopterists with 30 dollars in their pocket should buy
Proctor, Yeo and somebody new, the best overview of pollination biology
around.

Patrick
patfoley at csus.edu

Ron Gatrelle wrote:

> A few weeks ago I read on the web some place that over 80% of pollination
> is done by beetles. I deleted this and don't recall any other info. Does
> any one else here have a ref for this. I think we lepsters usually think
> butterflies and moths are right up there behind bees. If I heard this
> right, "we" are all way behind beetles in this. Please answer to us all.
> Ron
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