Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Hamm & Ssymank The pollinators buffet
Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae)
Crop name: Maracuja
Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential
Origin: Neot.
Main producers: S America, New Zealand, Australia
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees, Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Solitary bees (Xylocopa frontalis, X. sus-
pecta); Bumble bees
Birds (Aves)
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Persea americana (Lauraceae)
Crop name: Avocado
Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential
Origin: Neot.
Main producers: Mexico, Spain
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)
Honey bees; Stingless bees (Meliponini);
Solitary bees
Bats (Megachiroptera)
Pteropus sp.
Flies (Diptera)
Flowerflies (Syrphidae: Allobaccha sp.,
Paragus sp.); Calliphoridae; Sarcophagidae;
Muscidae
Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh
Photo: A. Hamm
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Photo: A. Hamm
Photo: A. Hamm