Don't clean up your garden just yet! Insects need some old brush to thrive in spring
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 4:12 PM ET | Last Updated: April 15 It's easy to get excited about spring and the gardening season ahead, but please avoid taking out the rake and yard waste bags just yet, or at all! A live-and-let-live approach to yard cleanup in both the spring and fall is actually much more beneficial for pollinators and other insects. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio glaucus on Purple Coneflower(iStock/db_beyer) Not your average pile of leaves Many moths and butterflies (known collectively as 'Lepidoptera' in the science world) spend the winter in leaf litter in their egg,...