Resources for helping participants identify pollinators

[LoriAnne Barnett]

Mary from the McDowell Conservancy here in Arizona had a question for us about training materials for identifying pollinators and their phenophases for participants for their program. My response to her is below, but does anyone else have any guidance for her? 

I would say a good place to start is by creating resources for your observers that depict the information needed to help identify the species. You may want to make some phenophase photo guides for each of your chosen pollinator species so that folks know what to look for, how to identify them, and what each of the phases for that insect look like. Here is a link to some templates you can use. The two example guides on that page are for insect species (not necessarily pollinators). 

The protocol for the species can be found on our species identification pages online. For example, here is a species ID page for the Sonoran bumblebee. That is, essentially the information that must be read or copied verbatim such that we can ensure standardization of the data. 

[Claire O'Neill]

Thanks LoriAnne, for linking the Winter Moth and Lilac borer examples. We will create more too as we had species or genus of pollinators/insects into our studies. We'll share.

I am wondering, if it be a good idea to have those phenosheet in a mobile friendly version (that would turn into a 2-pages max pdfif printed). Many of our citizen scientists prefer online versions that can be explored directly in the field from their smart devices. We'll try to experiment with that soon. Will keep you updated.

[LoriAnne Barnett]

Hey Claire! 

That is terrific. Yes, if you can figure out a good way to make those sheets mobile friendly, let us know! As of right now the species profiles on our website are mobile friendly, but these secondary documents are not unless they are in PDF format and linked somewhere that folks can access - we don’t have a way to do that in the app now.. but that could be an interesting addition.. 

Thanks!

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[Einerson, Jody]

Hi Mary,

 

I highly recommend checking out the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation  https://www.xerces.org/

Not sure what pollinators you are looking for but they have lots of resources and focus on pollinators among others.   They have always been very helpful and fun to talk with.  Just contact any of their education crew.

 

 

Jody Einerson, Educational Program Assistant ll

Oregon State University | 4-H, Forestry, & Oregon Season Tracker

OSU Extension Service – Benton County

4077 SW Research Way, Corvallis OR 97333

Tel.: 541-713-5014

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