Great Southeast Pollinator Census at JC Raulston Arboretum
- When: Friday, August 21, 2026, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC 27606
- Cost: Free
North Carolina's pollinators need your help! All ages are welcome to participate!
Started by Becky Griffin, MPP pm, from University of Georgia Extension, the Great Southeast Pollinator Census is a citizen science project created to survey the population and diversity of pollinators in the Southeast.
For two days in August, Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22, JCRA visitors can spend time in the gardens counting wasps, bees, flies, butterflies and other insects to contribute to comprehensive data of our region's pollinators. Once entered, this data will be displayed on the Great Southeast Pollinator Census website and be used by researchers to spot trends within pollinator populations.
When should you come to participate?
Participants can count at any time on August 21 and August 22. The JCRA will be open 9 am to 7 pm on Friday and 8 am to 7 pm on Saturday. There will be volunteers from 10 am to 12 pm both Friday and Saturday to help answer questions and offer more guidance for collecting data.
What do participants do exactly?
After picking up a tally sheet from the table at the Visitor Center, participants will find a plant in the garden with insect activity and count pollinator visits for 15 minutes. You are specifically looking for what types of pollinators (wasps, flies, bees, butterflies, etc.) are visiting the plant you're watching and making a count of how many times a pollinator lands on the plant. Once the 15 minutes are over, return to the Visitors Center to drop off the tally sheet. Participants can do more than one plant but they need separate tally sheets for each plant.
- Website: jcra.ncsu.edu
- Contact Name: JC Raulston Arboretum
- Contact Phone: 9195153132
- Contact Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Category: Other, Free
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