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Spotlight on Nocturnal Pollinators
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Most well-known pollinators are active during the day. However, nocturnal pollinators such as moths, beetles, flies, and other insects are important for certain plants. Flowers dependent on nocturnal pollinators are often white, pale yellow, or pink with blooms that remain open or only open at night and often attract pollinators with their fragrant scents that become stronger at night.
Explore, Photograph, Identify, and Share!
We encourage you to get out in your own yard or garden to find, photograph, and ID your pollinators!
We recommend using iNaturalist either on your smartphone or desktop to help you identify the insects and plants you may find.
Please share your pollinator and pollinator-friendly plant photos with us, we'd love to see them! Send your photos to woodstocknypollinatorpathway@gmail.com
Let's take a closer look at a few of our local nocturnal pollinators and the plants they love.
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Adult Isabella Tiger Moth
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Left: Isabella Tiger Moth Caterpillar "Woolly Bear". Right: Little evening primrose (one of many nectar plants)
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Firefly or Lightning Beetle
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Left: Eastern White Pine Tree. Right: Summersweet (one of many nectar plants).
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Left: Pawpaw Sphinx Moth Caterpillar. Right: Wild Bergamot (a favorite nectar plant).
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Upcoming Event
July 9th at 7pm
In her third presentation for the Woodstock Pollinator Pathway, Karin Ursula Edmondson will focus on how to plant and care for native plants with special emphasis placed on native pollinator-friendly plants.
Register for this free virtual presentation here
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In Case You Missed it
If you missed our second of three virtual presentations with Karin Ursula Edmondson you can watch the recording here.
All of our video resources and recorded webinars are now available in one place!
Check out our YouTube channel here
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Community Connections
Site Assessment Consultation
Do you want to know what to plant and where, both to please your eye and to attract pollinators? Get to know the possibilities of your yard better with a one hour on-site consultation with Liz Simonson, a gardening and landscape professional, owner of Blue Mountain Gardens. For this very valuable service, Liz asks that you make a minimum $60 contribution to the Woodstock Pollinator Pathway. When Liz comes to your site she will comply with Covid-19 recommendations. Contact us to set up a time at woodstocknypollinatorpathway@gmail.com.
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Why sharing our pathway efforts with your neighbors matters!
The Woodstock Pollinator Pathway's main goal is to build a "pathway" of closely connected pollinator-friendly habitats, neighborhood by neighborhood. Many pollinators cannot fly far without access to food and shelter. And our individual yards are part of a larger ecosystem that pollinators need to move around in. A pathway creates connected pollinator-friendly areas in our own and our neighbors' yards. It is vital to our efforts to ask you to speak to your neighbors and encourage them to join this effort.
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The map shows the pollinator areas created by people who have joined the Woodstock, NY Pollinator Pathway. We hope to have pollinator gardens as close together as possible so that pollinators can fly easily from one to another. So, encourage your neighbors to create pollinator habitat and join the pathway!
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