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But what about the invertebrates — insects, for example — and the plants? They have adaptations as well. Some insects migrate southward to avoid the cold winters. The monarch butterfly is a good ...

Entomology is the study of insects, and one might wonder what insects have to do with native plants. Tallamy tells us: Insects eat plants (and don’t we gardeners know it), and native insects eat ...

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In addition, the role of S. titanus as vector of bacterial endophytic communities was established. Moreover, the effect of plant and insect hosts in endophytic community structure revealed ...

We also plant non-native and hybridized plants with little food value to our local insects. We buy plants that have been treated with systemic insecticides. So what can we do? Make a commitment to ...