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{{Short description|Animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma}} {{cs1 config|name-list-style=vanc|display-authors=6}} {{for|the album by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]|Pollinator (album)}} [[File:Eristalinus October 2007-6.jpg|thumb|250px|A syrphid fly (''[[Eristalinus taeniops]]'') pollinating a [[common hawkweed]]]] [[File:Fine-tuned-Bee-Flower-Coevolutionary-State-Hidden-within-Multiple-Pollination-Interactions-srep03988-s2.ogv|thumb|250px|A [[Andrena|mining bee]] (''Andrena lonicerae'') pollinating a [[honeysuckle]] (''Lonicera gracilipes'').]] A '''pollinator''' is an animal that moves [[pollen]] from the male [[anther]] of a [[flower]] to the female [[carpel|stigma]] of a flower.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 February 2021|title=Pollinator|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/pollinators/what-is-a-pollinator.htm|website=What is a pollinator?}}</ref> This helps to bring about [[fertilization]] of the [[ovule]]s in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. Insects are the major pollinators of most plants, and insect pollinators include all families of [[bees]] and most families of [[Aculeata|aculeate wasps]]; [[ant]]s; many families of [[flies]]; many [[lepidoptera]]ns (both [[butterflies]] and [[moths]]); and many families of [[beetles]]. Vertebrates, mainly bats and birds, but also some non-bat mammals ([[monkey]]s, [[lemur]]s, [[Phalangeriformes|possums]], [[rodent]]s) and some [[lizard]]s pollinate certain plants. Among the pollinating birds are [[hummingbird]]s, [[honeyeaters]] and [[sunbirds]] with long beaks; they pollinate a number of deep-throated flowers. Humans may also carry out [[artificial pollination]]. A pollinator is different from a [[pollenizer]], a plant that is a source of pollen for the [[pollination]] process.
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