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Cherimoya flowers with 'pollinating' bugs inside.

12 years ago

I've been told that in their native growing area (that is, not in the USA), they don't need to be hand pollinated due to the prevalence of some native insects. While pollinating the flowers on my tree, I notice that in almost all the flowers, there are a few black shiny bugs crawling around. These bugs can fly/jump for short distance. They're about 1/16" long. Has any of you cherimoya growers noticed this? I'm not entirely convinced that these guys are pollinators, so I'm still doing it myself.

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ohiojay
12 years ago
Wild! I get the same ones on my sugar apples. If there are enough blooms, many get pollinated. Otherwise, they are just eating the pollen.
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