Meet The Pollinators – RESOURCES
Pollinator Basics & Overviews
- Who Are The Pollinators?
https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/about-pollinators - Bees and Other Pollinators
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/encyclopedias/fauna/insects/bees-and-other-pollinators.html - Action for Pollinators
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore/pollinators/?src=menu - Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation
https://www.xerces.org/
Flies, Moths & Lesser-Known Pollinators
- Fabulous Flies
https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/encyclopedias/fauna/insects/flies/ - Fabulous Flies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX5QEsQ57uA - Moths in our Midst: What They Do and Why They Matter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOS_m822csE - Powerful Pollinators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAC52FY9jBM&t=1s - Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
https://www.amazon.ca/Field-Guide-Flower-Northeastern-America/dp/0691189404
Butterflies & Moths
- About Monarch Butterflies
https://wwf.ca/species/monarch-butterfly/ - Butterfly And Moth Guide
https://onnaturemagazine.com/butterfly-and-moth-guide.html - Butterflies and Moths of North America
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ - Ontario Butterflies
https://www.ontariobutterflies.ca/ - Ontario Butterfly Atlas
https://www.ontarioinsects.org/atlas/ - Muskoka Field Naturalists Butterfly Page
https://muskokafieldnaturalists.com/Butterflies.html - North American Butterfly Association
https://naba.org/ - Mission Monarch
https://www.mission-monarch.org/ - Journey North
https://journeynorth.org/ - The Wild and Wonderful World of Butterflies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYDkvSQMR2g - Hyalophora cecropia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia
Bees & Bumble Bees
- Bumble Bee Watch
https://www.bumblebeewatch.org - Bumble bees of Ontario
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/bumble-bees-of-ontario - Wildlife Preservation Canada
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/bumble-bee-resources/ - Ontario Nature: More Bumble Bees Added To Species At Risk
https://ontarionature.org/12-new-fed-sar-bumble-bees-blog/ - Small Actions, Big Impact for Bees
https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/small-actions-big-impact-for-bees/ - Five Reasons Why Bees Avoid the Fluffiest Flowers
https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/five-reasons-why-bees-avoid-the-fluffiest-flowers/
Identification Tools & Citizen Science
- Butterflies Of Muskoka project on iNaturalist
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/butterflies-of-muskoka - Bumble Bees Of Ontario project on iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.ca/projects/bumble-bees-of-ontario - Bug Guide
https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Conservation & Take Action
- Favourite Native Host Plants
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lk23YqCW0ftCWpNOEMP0p4MpQX1G3fCZ/view?usp=share_link - Butterflyway Project
https://davidsuzuki.org/take-action/act-locally/butterflyway/