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Flower power - Getting to know the thick-legged flower beetle: A North Somerset Rewilding Champions blog
</a>https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/alfie-dickens/flower-power-getting-know-thick-legged-flower-beetle-north-somerset-rewildingYou might be aware that pollinators are vital to our diet and their own respective ecosystem, and that beetles are strange and beautiful - but you might not know that many beetles are indeed pollinators!Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Alfie Dickenshttps://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/alfie-dickens/flower-power-getting-know-thick-legged-flower-beetle-north-somerset-rewilding<a hreflang="en" href="/blog/alfie-dickens/diptera-and-mysterious-bee-fly-north-somerset-rewilding-champions-blog">
Diptera and the mysterious bee-fly: A North Somerset Rewilding Champions blog
</a>https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/alfie-dickens/diptera-and-mysterious-bee-fly-north-somerset-rewilding-champions-blogWhat does it mean to be a fly? True flies are a group of insects, which are characterized by their two wings. That gives them the name Diptera from the Greek “di” (two) and “Pteron” meaning wing.Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Alfie Dickenshttps://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/alfie-dickens/diptera-and-mysterious-bee-fly-north-somerset-rewilding-champions-blog