Butterfly
@butterfly-project.bsky.social
#HorizonEU project. We aim to enhance society’s capacity to appraise, foresee, and respond to the threats posed by cascading impacts of pollinator decline.
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🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
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🌿✨ The Silkworm: An Ancient Ally ✨🕸️
Long before factories or fibre optics, humans relied on a humble insect for one of the world’s most extraordinary materials: silk. The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is unusual—adults do not feed, and unlike most moths, they are not pollinators.
🌿✨ The Silkworm: An Ancient Ally ✨🕸️
Long before factories or fibre optics, humans relied on a humble insect for one of the world’s most extraordinary materials: silk. The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is unusual—adults do not feed, and unlike most moths, they are not pollinators.
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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🌿✨ The Silkworm: An Ancient Ally ✨🕸️
Long before factories or fibre optics, humans relied on a humble insect for one of the world’s most extraordinary materials: silk. The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is unusual—adults do not feed, and unlike most moths, they are not pollinators.
🌿✨ The Silkworm: An Ancient Ally ✨🕸️
Long before factories or fibre optics, humans relied on a humble insect for one of the world’s most extraordinary materials: silk. The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is unusual—adults do not feed, and unlike most moths, they are not pollinators.