Pollination of Plants by Insects - Pollination & Pollinators

Pollination of Plants by Insects
by Rudy Scheibner,
Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky Department of Entomology

Pollination is the process whereby plants receive pollen from other plants of the same species so that they can reproduce by forming seeds. Some plants are pollinated by the wind, and some are pollinated by insects or other small animals. When plants are pollinated by insects, it seems like some kind of agreement was made whereby the plant will provide the insect with something, if the insect will pollinate the plant's flowers in return. Although the plant and the insect may benefit because of their relationship with each other, the insect visiting a flower usually does not purposefully pollinate the flower.

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