[Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID

[But Paul]

Dear Doug 
 
Thank you for your advice. 
 
Paul  
 
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:51:04 -0800
> From: dyanega at ucr.edu
> To: paulbut at hotmail.com
> CC: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; ECOLOG-L at listserv.umd.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID
> 
> On 3/3/14 2:31 PM, But Paul wrote:
> > Dear Doug
> >
> > Do bees collect grass pollen? Is Eremochloa insect-pollinated?
> >
> A few types of bees will collect pollen from wind-pollinated plants;
> Apis mellifera is the best-known, but you will occasionally see
> Melissodes (Apidae), Lasioglossum, and Augochloropsis (Halictidae) doing
> similar things. They are pretty clearly not pollinating in these cases -
> at best, they are stealing pollen, and a few stray grains may go
> airborne thanks to their movements.
> 
> -- 
> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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