On August 23 and 24, community members across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and now Florida are invited to help count pollinators as part of the annual Great Southeast Pollinator Census, a UGA Extension project.

Participants are asked to spend 15 minutes observing a favorite flowering plant and counting the insects that land on it, from butterflies and bees to dragonflies and beetles.

No experience is required, and all ages are invited to join the count – individuals, families, schools, youth groups, co-workers, gardeners and any other interested community members.

A census guide is available online that contains all of the details – how to count, how to identify insects that you see and how to submit the counts. There also is a counting sheet that can be printed to take to the garden.

For more information about the project, visit gsepc.org.