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It has been postulated that an ongoing decline of endemic insects in the Ogasawara Islands since the 1970's may be mainly due to predation by an exotic lizard, Anolis carolinensisfrom North America. Population density of A. carolinensisfound on Chichijima Island in the Ogasawaras was much higher than that reported in Saipan and the Bahamas. This may explain why insect populations have declined in the Ogasawaras but not in Saipan. Some males were observed to have pollen of Rosewood, Schima mertensianaan endemic tree to the islands on their heads. This pollen may be attached to their heads when A. carolinensisis sucking nectar, as is the case for other known lizard pollinators. Reprinted from Okochi I, Yoshimura M, Abe T, Suzuki H (2006) Bulletin of FFPRI 5:265–269, with permission of FFPRI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]