its a bat-beetle world out there

I tried to include guides from around the world but this is far from an inclusive list.

(all links in this post worked at time post was written on june 22, 2026)

*Pollinator Partnership's Ecoregional Guides for the United States and Canada: https://www.pollinator.org/guides

*Caru Gwenyn/Bee Friendly Pollinator Planting Guide by Llywodraeth Cymru/the Welsh Government (linked the english version, a welsh language one is availible): https://www.bionetwales.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/43532-a5-planting-for-pollinators-en-web-final.pdf

*RHS Plants for Pollinators (UK): https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/research/plants-for-pollinators

*All-Ireland Pollinator Plan's Top Ten Pollinator-friendly Plants for Different Situations Guide: https://pollinators.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Top-Ten-pollinator-plants-Guide-WEB.pdf

*Nádar Alba/Nature Scot's Pollinator Plant Guide: https://www.nature.scot/doc/planting-pollinators

*NZ Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Pollinator Plant Guide: https://www.nzbct.org.nz/post/planting-for-bumblebees-other-pollinators

*Xerces Society's Pollinator Friendly Plant Lists (US): https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/pollinator-friendly-plant-lists

*Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (US): https://www.wildflower.org/plants/index.php

*Plants in Tropical Cities (Singapore): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260639367_Plants_in_Tropical_Cities

*Our Friends The Pollinators: A Handbook of Pollinator Diversity and Conservation in East Africa (Kenya and East Africa): https://www.academia.edu/6769860/Our_Friends_The_Pollinators_A_Handbook_of_Pollinator_Diversity_and_Conservation_in_East_Africa

*Wheen Bee Foundation's Pollinator Planting Guide (Australia): https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au/our-work/projects/powerful-pollinators/

Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, OR, USA

H.D., from Helen in Egypt