Connect With Nature Through iNaturalist

What is iNaturalist? iNaturalist is an online app (iPhone and Android compatible) that allows people to record and share plant and animal observations at specific times and locations. This community platform can be used to help record, identify, discuss, and contribute knowledge about observations and experiences in nature. It was developed as a joint initiative with the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society to help build research quality citizen science data by recording species presence and biodiversity using a mapping network available to all. Find out more about iNaturalist here: https://www.inaturalist.org

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You can help us monitor pollinator actvity at the Perry Pollinator Habitat by recording what you see during your visit! Simply follow the link and record your sightings. A species list will be updated periodically to report the biodiversity found at the Perry Pollinator Habitat and to measure potential benefits of enhancing habitat for pollinators.

Perry Pollinator Habitat Project on iNaturalist

 

Species Spotted at the Perry Pollinator Habitat!

Butterflies/Moths:

  • Common checkered skipper (Burnsius communis)
  • Cutworm moth (Noctuidae)
  • Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
  • Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
  • Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
  • Small White (Pieris rapae)
  • Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)

Bees/Wasps:

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)
  • Oblique Longhorn Bee (Svastra obliqua)
  • European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
  • Leafcutter Bee (Megachile parallela)
  • Common Longhorn Bee (Melissodes communis)
  • Sweat Bee (subgenus Seladonia)
  • Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum)
  • Miner Bee (Subgenus Callandrena)
  • Braconid wasp (Subfamily Agathidinae)
  • Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
  • Potter Wasp (Eumenes)
  • Grasshopper-hunting wasp (Prionyx)

Hummingbirds:

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

Grasshoppers:

  • Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
  • Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
  • Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)

Beetles:

  • Firefly (Pyropyga)
  • Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
  • Red-femured Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes femoratus)
  • Blister Beetle (Zonitis sayi)

Flies:

  • Banded Bee Fly (Tribe Villini)
  • Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
  • Thick-legged Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)
  • Stiletto Fly (Therevidae)
  • Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly (Eristalis stipator)

Spiders:

  • Jumping Spider (Phidippus)

True Bugs:

  • Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)
  • Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

Other Insects:

  • European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
  • European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)