Pollinator Identification

  

There are a lot of great websites on the Internet about pollinators and pollination.  Here are some of our favorite sites related to observing and identifying pollinators.  Be sure to check out our other categories of website links for many other valuable resources.

 

• Bee Basics - An Introduction to our Native Bees

• Seeds of Diversity (citizen-science pollinator monitoring program, plus general information about pollinators, flowers, pollination)

• The Great Sunflower Project (citizen-science pollinator monitoring program, plus general information about pollinators, flowers, pollination)

• Identification Guide for the Bumble Bees of Eastern North America (Williams, Thorp, Richardson, & Colla)

• Bumble Bee Watch (upload your bumble bee photos and have them identified)

• e-butterfly (upload your butterfly photos and have them identified)

• Monarch Watch - information about observing and rearing monarchs, larval host plants, other butterfly species, and more

• A Guide to Toronto's Pollinators (David Suzuki Foundation)

• Butterflies and Moths of North America (includes information on species, identification, species lists, and more)

• Bee Monitoring Tools - pollinator monitoring and identification guides (Xerces Society)

• Bug Guide (insect identification by photos)

• Discover Life (information about species around the world)

• Pollinator of the Month (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

• Celebrating Pollinators (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

• The Monarch Butterfly in North America (USDA/US Forest Service)

• Butterflies of Canada (Government of Canada)

• Ontario Butterfly Atlas

• Techniques for Rearing Butterflies and Moths (Toronto Entomologists' Association)

• Native Buzz  - learn about native solitary bees and wasps, keep track of your own native buzz nest site and see the results of other participant’s nest sites

• Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification (with keys to identify bees and flies of Eastern Canada)

• Bumble-Boosters Program (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

• Spring Bees of Wisconsin (ID bees by photo key or text key)

• Insect Identification

• Eastern Tennessee Wildflower (lots of great photos of beetles, true bugs)

• Caterpillars of Eastern North American Forests (USGS)

• Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region (wasp ID)

• Syrphidae of Ontario (not yet complete)

• Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae

• Syrphid Photo Galleries, Identifications - Site 1

• Syrphid Photo Galleries, Identifications - Site 2

• A set of 5 identification slide shows on the genera of bees of Eastern North America are available for viewing on-line, while the compressed slide shows are also available for downloading

• The U.S. National Entomological Collection (National Museum of Natural History) 

• Krombein, et al. (Eds). 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution,  Washington, D.C.  Volumes 1-4. Available for free download