To most people, the word “pollinator” is synonymous with the word “bee,” but only a fraction of plants are pollinated by bees.
In fact, many different insects and mammals are pollinators—bats, birds, beetles, moths, and more. As part of , we wanted to highlight our work on a very special group of moths: the Sphingidae, or hawkmoths, which pollinate more than 106 plant species in North America alone, and many more around the world.