 Banksia flowerheads in general play host to a variety of birds , mammals and insects . However , only wasps , ants and flies were recorded visiting flower spikes during observations for The Banksia Atlas in the mid @-@ 1980s . 
 Banksia flowerheads in general play host to a variety of birds , mammals and insects . However , only wasps , ants and flies <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> recorded visiting flower spikes during observations for The Banksia Atlas in the mid @-@ 1980s . 
Banksia flowerheads in general play host to a variety of birds , mammals and insects . However , only wasps , ants and flies was recorded visiting flower spikes during observations fa The Banksia Atlas in the mid @-@ 1980s .