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@primonatura@mstdn.social
2024-04-14 15:00:02

"Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species"
#Pollution #AirPollution #Insects

Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species
Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring

@gscherer2@social.linux.pizza
2024-04-19 23:27:57

Western Honeybee on a California Poppy, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. March, 2024. #insect #insects #insectphotography,

Western honeybee seen from the side flying toward an orange California Poppy flower.
Western honeybee on an orange California Poppy flower.
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizza
2024-04-19 23:27:57

Western Honeybee on a California Poppy, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. March, 2024. #insect #insects #insectphotography,

Western honeybee seen from the side flying toward an orange California Poppy flower.
Western honeybee on an orange California Poppy flower.
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizza
2024-03-20 17:56:24

Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae), Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. January, 2024. #laarboretum #insect #insects

A yellow cabbage white butterfly, seen in profile, feeding on a yellow flower, against an out-of-focus green background.