Many people think of honeybees and butterflies as pollinators, but many other insects are pollinators as well. Bumblebees, like the one pictured above, are pollinators. Moths are also pollinators. Wasps are pollinators. Beetles, including fireflies, are pollinators. In fact, beetles pollinate magnolias and water lilies. Some flies are even pollinators! The Xerces Society has an excellent web page on invertebrate pollinators.
If you want to learn more about insect pollinators, our friends at the Pollinator Partnership have some lovely full-color printable guides to help you with identification. Here is a bee identification guide and another, similar, guide for swallowtail butterflies. Please be careful when you are looking at bees and wasps to avoid getting stung.
Mammals and birds are also pollinators. For example, bats pollinate night-blooming plants. The long-nosed bat of the American Southwest pollinates agave plants, making tequila possible.
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