These are just some of the powerhouse threatened species playing an important role in ecosystems across New South Wales, including one independent little shrub which self-pollinates! What often comes to mind when someone says ‘pollinator’ is bees, and while that is correct, in the spirit of Australian Pollinator Week, Saving our Species would like to broaden the horizons by sharing some of the unsung heroes doing the heavy lifting of pollination.
Over three-quarters of the world’s food crops rely on pollination, to some degree, by insects and other animals.
