Below are some of the many photos submitted during this round of the count.
Click any image in the gallery below for a larger view.
Including photos with your Wild Pollinator Count submission is entirely optional, but they can help us to respond to any queries you have about the insects you saw. We always love to see the diversity of insects spotted during the Count!
Many thanks to those whose photos appear below for giving us permission to share them.
Also a shout out to everyone that shared images via social media, by adding records to iNaturalist or promoted the count using our #WildPollinatorCount hashtag.
A reminder that even outside our count periods you can add photos of insects visiting flowers (or other nature observations) to nature mapping sites like iNaturalist. These offer another way to share observations and help to build our collective knowledge. If you’re interested, find out more by starting here.
Browse below for some highlights from more than 350 photos submitted as part of the autumn count:
Australian Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa kershawi, by Andy Russell 
European honey bee by Georgie Smith 
Blue-banded bee, Amegilla sp. by Erica Siegel 
Lesser Wanderer butterflies, by Philippa Gillett 
Geron sp. fly by Jane Frost 
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) by Kay Muddiman 
Grass Blue Butterfly by Kay Muddiman 
Hoverfly by Kay Muddiman 
Skipper, Hersperiidae by
Lyn P
Fungus-eating ladybird beetle, Illeis galbula, by Lyndall Hull 
Lasioglossum bee on Baeckea by Virginia Shepherd 
Native bee by Georgie Smith 
Honey bee and native stingless bees by Jane Frost 
Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, by Andy Russell 
Greenish Grass dart,Ocybadistes walkeri, by Andy Russell 
Ocybadistes walkeri by Helen Ransom 
European wasp on banksia by Kerrie Stefani 
Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae,
by Kay Muddiman
Junonia villida butterfly
by Andy Russell.jpg
Stingless bee by Jane Frost 
Drone fly, Eristalis tenax, by Meredith Briggs 
Small native bee by Jane Frost 
Hover fly (and ladybird beetle)
by Helen Schofield
Hoverfly by Helen Schofield 
Kids counting at Willoughby Community Preschool 
Grass blue butterfly, Zizina labradus by Kay Muddiman 
Meadow argus butterfly, Junonia villida, by Joanne l’Anson 
Native stingless bees on Banksia spinosa by Virginia Shepherd 
Stingless bees by Jane Frost 
Two native bees on Baeckea by Virginia Shepherd 
Exoneura bee by Melissa McKendrick 
European honey bees on grevillea by Judi Garvie 
Syrphidae by Georgie Smith 
Tetragonula bees by Margaret Woodforth 
Common crow butterfly, Euploea corinna, by Erica Seigel 
European honey bee by Geogie Smith 
Hover flies, Syrphidae, by Tessa Barratt 
Butterfly, Psychonotis caelius by Louise Cosgrove 
Honey bee by Kay Muddiman 
Comon crow butterfly by Laura C 
Native stingless bee by Laura C 
Blue-banded bee, Amegilla cingulata, by Judith Baker 
Hover fly , Syrphidae, by Sue Lashko 
Wasp-mimicking robber fly by Virginia Shepherd 
Leafcutter bee Megachile sp. by Louise Cosgrove 
Hover fly, Mesembrius sp., by Louise Cosgrove 
Grass blue butterfly, Zizina sp. by Sue Brabender 
Odontomyia fly on Baeckea by Virginia Shepherd 
Tiger moth, Amata sp., by Judith Baker 
European honey bee by Sue Brabender 
Blue-banded bee on cat’s whiskers by Judith Baker 
Grass dart on Bidens pilosa by Judith Baker 
Blue-banded bee by Helen H 
Eublemma cochyliodes, by Lyn Craggs 
Native bee by L Bell 
Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus by Vivian Wilson 
Hersperiidae, skipper by Rosie Saxton. 
Common crow butterfly, Euploea corinna, by L Bell 
Blue-banded bee, Amegilla sp. by Lyn Craggs 
European honey bee by Vivian Wilson
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