Unlike butterflies and bees they appear staid and stoic
But beetles also pollinate too -
And have done so since the Mesozoic.
Sources: https://xerces.org/blog/notes-from-other-orders-beetles-as-pollinators
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/mesozoic.html
https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/embryophytes/angiosperms/angiosperm_pollination/
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