Comment by mythrwy
3 years ago
The article states moths are more efficient pollinators _at night_.
But many types flowers close at night (tulips and hibiscus for instance).
So presumably moths don't pollinate those and we still need daytime pollinators.
Relatedly, the article states that more than 80% of pollination happens during the day. I reckon that'd probably be higher if we hadn't been so hellbent on decimating daytime pollinator populations.
Well, we are also hellbent on decimating nighttime pollinators (probably even more than daytime), as well as most other types of insects (except maybe cockroaches).