Pollen metabarcoding in migratory hoverflies
We utilise ITS2 region pollen DNA metabarcoding of pollen from the bodies of migrating E. balteatus hoverflies caught on a North Sea oil rig to investigate the pollen species transported by migratory hoverflies (in July 2021, June 2022 and two events in June 2023) to assess their potential for long-distance pollen vectoring.