Survey sheet to use for Mother Nature's Backyard Home Pollinator Survey - 2013.

1. 2013 Home Pollinator Survey – Mother Nature’s Backyard
Date: ____/____/_____ City, state: __________________________________ Time: ___________ a.m./p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny part-sun cloudy hot (> 80°F/25°C) cool (< 60°F/15°C)
Plant Name Bees None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Wasps None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Butterflies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Flies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Other None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Don’t Know None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Plant Name Bees None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Wasps None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Butterflies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Flies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Other None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Don’t Know None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Plant Name Bees None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Wasps None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Butterflies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Flies None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Other None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Don’t Know None 1-3 4-10 11-20 more than 20
Background – This pollinator survey will help us learn which California native flowers attract the most garden
pollinators. The survey will run from June 2013 to October 2013; you can complete the survey as many weeks as
you like. Data will be compiled and the results posted on Mother Nature’s Backyard blog.
Instructions – The eight California native garden plants included in the 2013 survey are pictured at:
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/pollinator-plants-id-sheet . You may survey as many of the 8 as you wish.
Choose one plant per species to survey – all your observations will be based on a single plant of the species chosen.
Write the name and number of the plant in the recording box below. Sit/stand quietly for 2-5 minutes, or until the
pollinators return. Then observe the plant for 1 minute. Make a rough count of the numbers of bees, wasps,
butterflies, flies and other insects that visit the flowers on your plant for one minute. You can use the blank spaces
to tick off the insects as you see them. Then record your observations by circling the correct number on the form
below. Scan your results (or type them up) and e-mail them to: mothernaturesbackyard10@gmail.com .