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2025 Great SE Pollinator Census-8/22-8/23, Partners: GA, NC SC, FL

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!

We are proud to have the North Carolina Pollinator Conservation Alliance as a committed program partner!

Webinars to Learn more!

“Get to Know the Insects” Insect Identification Webinar was held on Thursday, July 10. You can view the Insect Identification Webinar Here: https://go.ncsu.edu/gsepcinncinsectidwebinar2025. We are so grateful to Drs. Hannah Levenson and Matt Bertone for their time and expertise. The webinar was AMAZING. If you are worried about identifying the different insects, then WATCH THIS! The pop quiz was eye-opening!
We have one more webinar coming up!! Join us for the Knowledge is Pollinator Power Webinar on Thursday, August 14, for a research update and another Census pep-rally! We’ll be talking about nectar resources in your flowers, bee host plants and butterflies. Register here: https://go.ncsu.edu/gsepcinnckppwebinar2025.
-Join Amanda Bratcher on The Midweek Show with the JC Raulston Arboretum (register for the August 20 show!): https://jcra.ncsu.edu/events/details.php?ID=3651. We’ll be chatting about how gardeners and community groups can make an impact with the Great Southeast Pollinator Census!

Goals

  1. To Inspire people to create sustainable pollinator habitats.
  2. To increase participants’ interest in and knowledge about pollinators.
  3. To collect data about the number and variety of pollinators and the flowers that attract them. 

How it Works- On Friday, August 22, or Saturday, August 23:

  • 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, a pencil, a hat, a drink, and a chair.
  • Identify a plant that has insects landing on it (anywhere in NC, SC, GA, AL or FL)
  • Set a timer for 15 minutes.
  • Fill out the datasheet by putting a tally mark next to the type of insect you see each time it lands on the plant (EVEN if you think it is the SAME insect)
  • After 15 minutes, enter your data online using the QR code or URL at the top of the datasheet.
  • You can record as many more 15-minute observations as you like through out the two data collection days.

You can do this by yourself or with a group. You can do it in your yard, in a park, in a botanical garden, on a nature trail, or on an attractive planter in a city center! If you want to participate in a Census event, contact your local N.C. Cooperative Extension County Center to see if they are hosting a Census event or host your own.

Here is a Google Map List of all of the Pollinator Gardens in the Extension Demonstration Garden Network!

Hosting a Census Event

Button for folks to submit community events around the census

Button to take you to a website with grou=-specific guidance for the Census

Stay Engaged

Learn More

Want to do more than the Census? There are more Pollinator Community Science Projects!

While the GSEPC only collects data on the Census days in August, you can use the Census materials at any time, with any group, for a fun, inspirational, educational program.

History

Becky Griffin, Community & School Garden Coordinator at the University of Georgia Extension, founded the Great Southeast Pollinator Census in 2017 (originally the Great Georgia Pollinator Census). It began as a pilot project to educate community garden managers and teachers about the importance of pollinators. It has evolved into a multi-state program that inspires community scientists to spend 15 minutes observing pollinators. In 2022, Lee County Extension Horticulture Agent Amanda (Wilkins) Bratcher introduced the North Carolina Cooperative Extension to the Census.

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