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Garden Invertebrates Invertebrates have a tremendously important role to play within gardens. Some are pests of the crops and plants that we grow, while others feed on these pests and so actually benefit us. Many invertebrates are also important because they are eaten by larger animals like birds or because they help to pollinate plants. The presence of a healthy population of invertebrates (like beetles, butterflies, hoverflies and moths) is a good sign within a garden, suggesting that there is little (or ideally no) use of pesticides and that there are suitable food plants present.
A garden with a diverse
and species-rich invertebrate community could be good for birds
(notably insectivores) and so it makes sense to find out how the
use of gardens by some easily recognisable invertebrates varies
regionally, over time and across different types of garden. For
this reason, Garden BirdWatchers have been recording information
on some of the insects visiting their gardens, both online and through
the other wildlife recording forms. Some of these results are now
available for butterflies. Click
here to access the butterfly pages.
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