What happens with bugs in the next 30-50 years will determine the future of Earth…
This article is focused more on planting native plants for native insect habitat, but we also find out why insects are crucial to life on Earth as we know it.
…Monarch butterfly populations have declined dramatically as milkweed fields disappear. The experts say we can fix this in our own yards by planting various types of native milkweeds, which have red, pink, orange, and white flowers…Tallamy does a good job explaining why native plants are so important. “They meet the needs of native insects, which, in turn, serve a complicated food web. Without insects, all terrestrial ecosystems collapse. Native insects require the plants with which they co-evolved.”
“We have eliminated so much nature so fast that most people don’t realize how little is left,” Tallamy observed, “We have devastated our natural areas. If we are going to have functioning ecosystems and biodiversity, we’re going to have to share the land we’ve taken.”
