[Pollinator] Cockroach found in Chile may help pollinate flowers

[Krupnick, Gary]

Time to add cockroaches to the list of known pollinators...

Cockroach found in Chile may help pollinate flowers
A cockroach native to Chile has been found to have a taste for flower pollen and could be helping to pollinate plants, according to a study published in Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. Researchers say Moluchia brevipennis cockroaches get powdery pollen all over their bodies while consuming it, carrying that pollen to other flowers, possibly fertilizing them.
National Geographic News (free registration) (5/26)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/cockroaches-pollination-insects-chile-animals/

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