www.Flor idaNat iveNurser ies.org | www.Nat ivePlantShow.com 89 In every ecosystem, there is a diversity of interdependent native plants and pollinators. Featured here are bee flies that Bee flies, above, L-R: Tmemophlebia species on Railroad Vine, Ipomoea pescaprae, and Poecilognathus species on Beach Sunflower, Helianthus debilis. Native Plants & Pollinators PHOTOS BY BOB PETERSON 4000+ Number of pollinators suppor ted by native plants, including the honey bee pollinate the native plants that sustain healthy, resilient beach dune systems. Adult bee flies feed on nectar and pollen. Their larvae are generally parasitoids of other insects. Photographer Bob Peterson has nicknamed these Tmemophlebia beauties “Sapphire Eyed Bee Flies.” What you plant, matters
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