2007-02-11 00:11:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Well As many people mentioned earlier, the Honey bees, which are fantastic pollinators, but there are also many other pollinators, flies, moths, wasps, butterflies, beetles, bugs, and others still.....
Another one which hasn't been mentioned yet is the Dung beetle. In Australia, if it weren't for the introduction of dung beetles, the people there would probably be up to their elbows in cattle dung by now. The problem arose with the introduction of cattle to Australia, but all of the natural feces eating insects in Australia are adapted to feeding on marsupial feces. So we introduced a Nearctic species which specializes on the feces of large herbivores, within a few years all the dung was being successfully controlled and people could walk around in sandals again.....hahahaha.......funny but its true!
Hope this answers your question!
2007-02-11 01:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Insects like bees, butterflies and wasps are considered useful as they help in pollination of flowering plants.
Honey bees provide us with honey.
Many insects, especially beetles, are scavengers, feeding on dead animals and fallen trees, recycling the biological materials into forms found useful by other organisms, and insects are responsible for much of the process by which topsoil is created.
2007-02-11 00:21:29 · answer #2 · answered by beachblue99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many. Any insect that helps with pollination, like the common honey bee. From which we get a good healthy food also.
Insect larva are used to feed some of the pets we human keep. Fly larva are fed to pet toads and snakes.
ladybug beetle help keep our tomatoes free of aphids.
2007-02-11 00:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bees - they are responsible for a great deal of the pollination that goes on in the plant kingdom and thus are vital to the ecosystem as a whole.
Ants - they are responsible for a great deal of the seed dispersion for the plant kingdom and are vital for that reason. They also play a part in soil ecology.
Mosquitoes - are one of the base parts of the animal food chain.
Gnats - are another base part of the animal food chain.
whoever mentioned flies and maggots - good call.
Maggots are being used in surgery to remove dead tissue and to clean wounds. They are far more accurate than a scalpel, think that necrotic tissue tastes good and leave anything living alone. It only sounds 'gross' because we're conditioned to think of rot and death when we see them.
whoever mentioned spiders - they are not insects, they are arachnids. Spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks are all part the same class of animals.
2007-02-11 00:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Justin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all of the above but dont forget biological control agents-insects can make good ones (though can also be catastrophic of the or non target specific!) but cactoblastis moth is a good one controlling prickly pear in australia etc etc
2007-02-11 01:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by acari27 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fly larvae (maggots) are used in medicine to clean wounds.
Bees make honey, beeswax, propolis (bee glue - used in some cosmetics) and royal jelly, which is also used in cosmetics and sometimes used as a dietary supplement.
2007-02-11 00:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by rosellyne.thompson 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bees for pollination and lady birds because they eat aphids that are feeding on plants.
2007-02-11 00:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Flies, for taking care of waste.Spiders,for taking care of those pesky flies.
2007-02-11 00:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋