Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 7月10日 23時11分

The superstar of this #pollinatormonday is this female blue-tailed day gecko. On the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, the rare Trochetia plant is being saved from extinction by this lizard. This plant used to be pollinated by a nectar-sipping bird called the olive white-eye, but sadly the bird is nearly extinct, and now the plant almost entirely relies on this little gecko for pollination and seed dispersal. The shrubby plant does its part by providing the lizard a safe place from predators and providing nourishment through it's colored nectar, then the lizards transfer the pollen on their scales to the next blossom.
The phenomena of pollination via lizards has been explored in recent studies, and lizards are now being more widely recognized as pollinators-- especially to island species of flowering plants. Scientists speculate that the high density of lizards on islands due to lack of predation has resulted in fewer insects to feed the lizard population. This has caused a necessary expansion of their diets to include nectar and pollen, thus growing their roles as pollinators. Let’s give it up for the little-known blue-tailed gecko!Don’t forget to keep on posting your milkweed and monarch photos with the hashtag #pollinatorhero. We have been making such great progress together! Some of my favorite pollinator heros this week have been @playingbythesea, @jedi_mom_tricks and @phplpics. Keep it up everybody!
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