Birds
This bird is a key pollinator
What is the hummingbird?
Bee introduced 400 years ago to pollinate European crops
What is the European honeybee?
Adults butterflies drink this
What is nectar?
The main pollinator of the agave
What is the bat?
3 best seasons to plant natives (think rain)
What is fall, winter & spring?
The ideal food for baby birds
What are butterfly & moth caterpillars?
These chemicals can weaken or kill bees.
Process when butterflies seek salt and minerals on wet ground
What is puddling?
The second best pollinator
What is the fly?
Also known as indigenous plants
What are native plants?
What birds eat in the winter when insects are scarce
What are berries?
These bees use cut leaves to construct nests in cavities
What are leafcutter bees?
Moths hover, but butterflies do this while feeding
What is standing?
Flowers blooming at different times does this for pollinators
Provides food from early spring to late fall.
In a butterfly garden, plant these for the caterpillars
What are host plants?
Two very important things to a bird when choosing a nesting site
What is food and habitat?
Bees that use mud to construct cells for their offspring to develop
What are Mason Bees?
Butterflies & moths are picky eaters during this life stage
What is the larval stage?
A variety of flowering plants close together helps pollinators do this
What is find the plants and conserve energy?
A pesticide-free corridor of native plants
What is a pollinator pathway?
Hummingbirds & orioles prefer flowers with this shape and color
What are tube shaped red or other brightly colored flowers?
Bees can't see this color. It looks black to them
What is the color red?
Butterflies have this visual impairment
What is nearsightedness?
Nocturnal pollinators are attracted to plants with this
What are large pale or white flowers with lots of dilute nectar?
Great plant for pollinators (on sales table)
What is Ceanothus?