Day 28 #SciArtSeptember prompt harvest. Echoing my print of insects for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination this print is intended to drive home how much we are dependent on insect pollinators. These are many of the food crops we grow here in Ontario which benefit from insects. I didn’t include crops grown for oil or as livestock feed. (Some are representative of a category, 🧵
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not just a single species. For instance there are many more squash, peppers and bean species). On top of their vital role in nature, even from a selfish human-centric view, pollinators are vital to our food and agriculture systems.
Clockwise from top: cranberry, eggplant, green bean, apricot, field cucumber, blueberries (both low and high bush), gooseberry, plum, raspberry, pole bean, haskap, pumpkin, peach, watermelon, sour cherry, cantaloupe, currents, kidney bean, zucchini, apple, snap 🧵2/
bean, acorn squash, blackberry, pear and in the centre: tomato, yellow pepper and strawberry.
75% of the world’s food crops depend on insect pollination. When scientists use language like “insect apocalypse” it’s time to sit up and take notice. The insect apocalypse will affect us all. It cannot be ignored. But we can make choices to protect the pollinators we have. 🧵3/3
My original is part of the exhibit but I have a 2026 tea towel calendar with just the food here:
Ele Willoughby, PhD