Study finds you 'get a better return on your investment' by making a city garden more insect-friendly than you do a country garden
Study finds you 'get a better return on your investment' by making a city garden more insect-friendly than you do a country gardenhomes surrounded by traffic fumes and miles of asphalt may seem like the least auspicious places to cultivate garden to give nature a helping hand.
Butterfly experts have pointed the long distances that the insects can travel and the fact that some species prefer the warmer temperatures in cities, as factors that help to explain the results. “They’re pretty good at sniffing out flowers, perhaps a bee or two a hoverfly or two. But you’re providing food for some wild insects even in that large urban setting.
By contrast, poor-quality rural and suburban gardens recorded nine butterfly species, rising to 14 for good habitats. “Rural butterflies don’t necessarily need to come into someone’s garden in order to move through the landscape. So urban gardens hold more potential for attracting the butterflies.
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