Texas Pollinator BioBlitz Events

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Events must fall between October 16-November 1, 2026, for inclusion in the Texas Pollinator BioBlitz calendar.

Scheduled Events

In addition to the statewide events listed below, be sure to check out all of the State Park and Wildlife Management Area-based events hosted by Texas Parks and Wildlife that are listed on the State Parks online BioBlitz Calendar of Events.

To be included, submit your organization's or site's pollinator event (must take place any time from October 16-November 1, 2026).

Date & Time	Event	City	Hosting Organization	Description of Activities
Every weekend, Oct. 9 - Nov. 1, 2026	Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fall Native Plant Sale	Austin	Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center	Fridays: Members only, 9am–1pm Saturdays & Sundays: Members only hour from 8am–9am; open to all guests, 9am–1pm Shop a wide variety of Texas native plants including flowering perennials, grasses, vines, shrubs and trees for sunny and shady gardens. Staff and volunteers will be available to help shoppers find plants suited to their needs. Garden admission is required to access the sale.
Oct. 16, 2026, all day	Pollinator BioBlitz	Lancaster	City of Lancaster Parks and Recreation	Stop by the Rec Center to view our School's Out Adventure Camp Pollinator Art Display, grab a handout about native pollinators, and head outside to Reflection Pond to see how many pollinators you can find!
Oct. 16, 2026, 7-10pm	Moth Survey	Warren	Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve	We will have lights and sheets set up at several locations on the trails, sharing information on all of the insects that show up.
Oct. 17, 2026, 8am-10pm	Lake Arlington Native Plant and Pollinator Garden Annual BioBlitz Day	Arlington	Arlington Water Utilities	We invite the public to identify and record pollinators at our 2.75-acre native plant and pollinator garden and field. Volunteers will also be working on garden maintenance, and information about planting Texas native pollinator plants will be available to take home.
Oct. 17, 2026, 10am-11am	Pollinator Explorers	Richmond	Wild West 4-H	Join Wild West 4-H Officers and Texas 4-H Junior Master Photographers Henry and Madeleine Schimmer to learn plant and entomology photography tips while exploring and identifying local native plants and pollinators. Contribute to a statewide citizen science project with Henry, a Texas Junior Master Gardener and a Today’s Youth in Agriculture National Horticulture Ambassador Runner-Up, and Madeleine, a Texas 4-H STEM Ambassador, for the Texas Pollinator BioBlitz! Come learn from these award-winning 4-H youth leaders as they share fun, hands-on tips for photographing pollinators, identifying native plants, and discovering how you can actively help protect Texas wildlife right in your own backyard! Join us at Plantation Memorial Park at the corner of Plantation Dr. and Windmill Dr. in Richmond. All ages welcome, just bring your phone or camera and your curiosity!
Oct. 17, 2026, 5-11pm	Arboretum San Antonio: Native Plants & NITE Life Event.	San Antonio	Native Plante Society of Texas - San Antonio and Alamo Area Texas Master Naturalist's-NITE Team	Advance RSVP is required for site access, and space is limited. Participants are encouraged to bring water, closed-toe shoes, a flashlight or headlamp, and a smartphone or camera for documenting observations. The iNaturalist app is recommended, and volunteers will be available to assist with observations.
Oct. 18, 2026, 11am-1pm	Community Stewards x TX Master Naturalists: Magical Monarchs	Austin	Texas Master Naturalist Balcones Canyonland Chapter and Travis County Parks Foundation	Calling all garden lovers! This educational event will focus on learning about the native plant pollinator gardens with a special focus on monarch butterflies. Come discover the magic of butterflies, bees, moths, hummingbirds and flowers at the pollinator garden in Richard Moya park. Event features gardening opportunities and education with Texas Master Naturalists Balcones Canyonland Chapter and the Travis County Parks Foundation. Open to all ages.
Oct. 18, 2026, 4:30pm-9pm	TWU Campus Nature BioBlitz	Denton	Texas Woman’s University	A brief presentation on local species from Sam Kieshnick at 4:30pm, daytime observations around campus until 6:30pm, followed by mothing/blacklighting at 7:00pm
Oct. 22, 2026, 9am-11am	BioBlitz at Headwaters at the Comal	New Braunfels	Headwaters at the Comal	Help us document the incredible variety of plants, animals, and other species returning to our restored site! No experience is necessary. We’ll start with a quick tutorial on how to use the iNaturalist app to record your findings.
Oct. 25, 2026, 3:30pm-7pm	Beasties that Keep Us Up at Night: Lives of the Small and Icky	El Paso	Keystone Heritage Park	First, we will have a presentation about insects, followed by an introduction to using iNaturalist, and then a walk around the garden and park looking for insects, plants, mammals and birds.
Oct. 28, 2026, 11am-1pm	El Paso Community College Pollinator BioBlitz	El Paso	El Paso Community College-Mission del Paso Campus Biology Department	EPCC-Mission del Paso Campus Biology Department invites the community to help count the pollinators at the EPCC Mission del Paso campus garden & rock path, participate in the "something white" and "camouflaged" pollinator challenges, plant some wildflowers in spooky pots, and learn about honey harvesting.
Oct. 29, 2026 9am-11am	Texas Pollinator BioBlitz at Seabourne Creek Nature Park	Rosenberg	Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter	Join us for a morning exploring the park looking for pollinators and the plants they visit and taking photos of them for the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz. Download the iNaturalist app on your smartphone and we’ll try to see and photograph as many pollinators as we can. Texas Master Naturalists will be available to help visitors observe and discover the amazing pollinators that help our native plants and food crops thrive.
Nov. 1, 2026, 5-10pm	Moth Night at Seabourne Creek Nature Park	Rosenberg	Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter	Blacklighting stations will be set up to attract moths and other fascinating nighttime insects. An iNaturalist Ambassador will be present to assist with app instruction. Join our project on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moth-night-at-seabourne-creek-nature-park. Texas Master Naturalists will be on hand to guide participants.