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A Helping Head

  • September 17, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The first pollinating cricket, Glomeremus orchidophilus, was discovered in 2010 by researchers observing a rare orchid on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It crawls among the flowers and transports pollen on its head!

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