Pollinator Links
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The pink-spotted hawk moth (Agrius cingulata) visiting a blossom of Datura at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Hawk Moths or Sphinx Moths are currently the U.S. Forest Service's "Pollinator of the Month." Photograph by Dr. Robert Raguso.
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Additional information about pollinators:
U.S. Forest Service – Celebrating Wildflowers! Pollinator pages
Arizona – Sonora
Desert Museum: Migratory Pollinators
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
Pollinator.org
The Xerces Society – Pollinator Conservation Program
Planting guides for pollinators:
Oregon Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) – Plants for Pollinators in Oregon
Information on making nests for bees:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service – Build a Nesting Block
U.S. Forest Service – Celebrating Wildflowers! Create homes for Wild bees
The Xerces Society – Pollinator Conservation Program – Nests For Solitary Bees
Bee biology:
The Xerces Society – Pollinator Conservation Program – Biology and Life Cycles of Our Native Bees
National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) butterfly information:
– Butterfly Lists
Maryland –
Eastern Neck NWR –
butterfly list
Bayview butterfly trail description and map (pdf)
Texas –
Anahuac NWR butterfly list
Santa Ana NWR – butterfly list
Aransas NWR Complex – butterfly list
– Butterfly Gardens
Florida –
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR
Lower Suwannee NWR
Maryland –
Blackwater NWR
– Endangered Butterflies
California –
Antioch Dunes NWR
Salinas River NWR
Wisconsin –
Necedah NWR
Maryland –
Blackwater NWR
Other Links:
Memorandum of Understanding with Coevolution Institute/North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (400 KB pdf file)
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