Table 2.
Number of search results meeting criteria of (i) correct plant species and (ii) insect present in photo from first 30 results of searches, one search for each combination of Latin plant name plus one of the additional search terms listed in the table, performed in two image search engines in searches conducted in early 2014. When fewer than 30 results were returned, the number of images searched for insect visitors is indicated in parentheses.
| plant species |
search term |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| search engine | Latin name | common name | beneficial insect | insect | bee | honeybee |
| Bing | ||||||
| Vicia faba | fava bean | 0 (7) | 0 | 6 | 1 (17) | |
| Fagopyrum esculentum | buckwheat | 0 (7) | 5 | 8 | 3 | |
| Coriandrum sativum | coriander | 0 (19) | 0 | 3 | 0 (27) | |
| Lobularia maritima | sweet alyssum | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Anethum graveolens | dill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 (21) | |
| total | 1 | 6 | 21 | 8 | ||
| Vicia faba | fava bean | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |
| Fagopyrum esculentum | buckwheat | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Coriandrum sativum | coriander | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lobularia maritima | sweet alyssum | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Anethum graveolens | dill | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| total | 6 | 14 | 22 | 16 | ||