Pollinators Keep Aransas Flowering -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell Texas - Flora and Fauna Information Signs on Waymarking.com

The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge pollinator garden is located on the north end of the parking lot furthest from the entry into the visitor center. The sign is located at the back of the garden, so that you overlook all of the various kinds of plants in different pollinators that are visiting.

The sign reads as follows:

"Pollinators Keep Aransas Flowering

Hummingbirds, bees, beetles, butterflies, and flies help pollinate over 75 percent of our flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of our crops. The other 25 percent of plants are pollinated through a combination of self-pollination, human pollination by hand, or pollination by wind and water.

In recent years the population of pollinators, especially bees, has been declining due to increased pesticide use, loss of habitat, and parasites or disease. Places like art Aransas NWR, which restore and protect natural habitat, play an important part in preserving and protecting these crucial participants in the global food web.

Did you know?
The bats at Aransas NWR or insect-eaters, not pollinators. They eat hundreds of insects, including mosquitoes, and many can consume almost their body weight in insects every day. At dusk, you might see them swooping low to the ground, on the hunt for a meal.

[photo of a Mexican Free-Tailed Bat]"

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