8/22/25 - 8/23/25 | Great Southeast Pollinator Census
(Updated: July 8, 2025, 7:27 a.m.)
Help us capture a snapshot of pollinator activity in communities across North Carolina, including the types of pollinators and which flowers they visit, and help build a southeast-wide data set with other states!
You don’t need to be an expert in insect identification! Anyone can participate!Goals:
- To Inspire people to create sustainable pollinator habitats.
- To increase participants’ interest in and knowledge about pollinators.
- To collect data about the number and variety of pollinators and the flowers that attract them.
How it Works:
- Review the brief instructions: Insect Counting and Identification Guide, How to Count, and the Counting Sheet (these are 2024 handouts that will be replaced when the 2025 materials are available)
- Take a copy of the official datasheet
- Identify a plant that has insects landing on it
- Observe it for 15 minutes
- Tally each pollinator that lands on the plant (even if you think it is the same insect)
- Repeat as many times as you like, then submit your data data online using the QR code at the top of the datasheet
Mecklenburg County Pollinator Count Party
We are hosting a pollinator county party; learn more here!
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