Mosquitoes: bloodsuckers and flower lovers

When a mosquito tries to bite biology professor David Inouye during fieldwork among orchids in Colorado, he pauses before swatting the bug. If it's dusted with pollen, he lets it live."I give those mosquitoes a pass to help the orchids," Inouye says.

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