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Added 2024-02-22 16:05:30 +0000 UTCWhy 🦋🦋🦋 are beneficial to the environment
There’s more to butterflies than you might know!
You might not like caterpillars eating plants in your garden, but without them we wouldn’t have butterflies. Butterflies do more for us than just adding colour and beauty to our gardens!
Here’s a few of the ways they help the planet:
1. They pollinate plants in your garden. Butterflies are great for your garden as they are attracted to bright flowers and need to feed on nectar. When they do this their bodies collect pollen and carry it to other plants. This helps fruits, vegetables and flowers to produce new seeds.
2. They’re an indicator of a healthy environment.
A garden that attracts butterflies will also bring native bees and birds. They are all really good for the environment and play a role in increasing biodiversity – the variety of plants, animals and micro-organisms and their ecosystems.
3. They make us happy! Spending time in nature – even just watching butterflies in a home garden is good for our mental health. A few precious moments spent watching a stunning California Sister or Anise Swallowtail butterfly feeding amongst the flowers in my garden never fails to bring me great pleasure 🦋😊🦋
