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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/clothing-range-bids-to-aid-insects.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Dr Karen Ingham's frocks have been designed to highlight the plight of pollinating insects" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-clothing-range-bids-to-aid-insects.jpg" alt="Dr Karen Ingham's frocks have been designed to highlight the plight of pollinating insects"/></a></p>
<p>An academic has created a unique clothing range specifically designed to attract pollinating insects.</p>
<p>Swansea Metropolitan University&#8217;s Dr Karen Ingham aims to highlight the plight of creepy crawlies such as bees, butterflies and moths with her Pollinator Frocks range.</p>
<p>Each item of clothing is covered with floral prints enhanced by a microscope and coated with an iridescent sheen &#8211; replicating the way insects view the flowers.</p>
<p>The fabrics in the dresses have also been treated with substances imitating nectars such as sucrose and fructose.</p>
<p>Dr Ingham said: &#8220;While the dire predicament of the world&#8217;s bees has been widely publicised, the situation facing other pollinating insects is not as well known. Yet, not only do insect pollinators play a vital role in food production, they are also inexorably tied to the health and biodiversity of our flora.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pollinator Frocks has recently been tested and developed through a series of &#8220;walkabouts&#8221; in New Zealand&#8217;s Pukekura Botanic Parklands as part of the art, technology and ecology event SCANZ 2011.</p>
<p>The project will continue during the spring and summer before a limited collection is produced for sale &#8211; with 10% of profits going to organisations trying to tackle urgent issues surrounding pollination and biodiversity.</p>
<p>&#8220;The excitement generated by interacting with something as beautiful and ephemeral as a butterfly rekindles our connection with the wonder of the natural world, a connection we are in danger of losing,&#8221; added Dr Ingham.</p>
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