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Flower-Insect Timed Count

[28/05/2019]

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This online resource helps you classify insects that you are seeing on your flowers during a counting period.

https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/FIT%20Count%20insect%20guide%20v4.pdf

Download it, try it out and think about taking part in the count as part of the UK Pollinators Monitoring Scheme PoMS.

Use the guide in the field to get the first clues to decide which group to place an insect.

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