Did you ever think you could be important to the survival of a rare, threatened, or endangered species?

[joewynne@mindly.social]

Did you ever think you could be important to the survival of a rare, threatened, or endangered species?

Look for an endangered species of insect that lives near you and see if you can help it out.

I'm doing this by growing and eating blueberries.

Really! There is a type of native bee here that ONLY pollinates blueberry bush flowers like the ones from my garden I photographed below.

Notice how the flower has a tiny opening at the bottom. Bees who can extract the pollen use specialized high frequency "buzz pollination".

A local bee, the Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) does this. So, by having blueberry bushes, I help a population of rare pollinators.

You can help populations near you, even if it's just by planting native plants.

One day I hope to capture a photo this bee. It looks like @Da_Gut may have just seen one:
https://dice.camp/@Da_Gut/116233929671304022

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