''Eulonchus tristis'' is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. A study in 2008 found that individuals of the species visiting flowers of ''

Brodiaea elegans ''Brodiaea elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the cluster-lily genus known by the common names harvest brodiaea, elegant brodiaea, and elegant cluster-lily. The bulb is native to the mountain ranges of California and Oregon, where it g ...

'' and ''

Iris douglasiana ''Iris douglasiana'', the Douglas iris, is a common wildflower of the coastal regions of Northern and Central California and southern Oregon in the United States. It grows mainly at lower elevations, below , though it is occasionally found at hei ...

'' in California carried large pollen loads, with no differences in amount or diversity with respect to sex. The species may be an important

pollinator A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. Insects are the maj ...

, particularly of ''Brodiaea elegans'' and '' Iris bracteata''.

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