The oldest known pollen-carrying insects lived about 280 million years ago
Ground-dwelling Tillyardembia was probably picky about which trees it climbed for pollen
![An illustration of a Tillyardembia sitting on a plant.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/022823_sp_pollinator_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Fossils reveal that the earwig-like insect Tillyardembia (illustrated) transported pollen from plant to plant about 280 million years ago.
Andrev Atuchin