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major types of pollinators: Quick Facts

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Hummingbird pollination
A green orchid bee (Euglossa) clings to the yellow stamens of a white flower while pollinating, with its metallic body and wings clearly visible.
A Clouded Sulphur butterfly, Colias philodice, with yellow wings bordered in dark brown, rests on bright purple butterfly bush flowers.
A Hummingbird hawk moth with striped brown, white, and pink wings hovers near a cluster of pale pink flowers in Yosemite, California.
An adult pepsis wasp, also known as a tarantula hawk, with a black body and orange wings, collects pollen from small white flowers.
Voracious soldier beetle
Fly pollination
A male purple sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica) with iridescent blue-black plumage feeds on nectar from a cluster of pink and white flowers.
An orange nectar bat, Lonchophylla robusta, hovers in flight at night while feeding from a white orchid flower against a black background.
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