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Solutions for Insect Apocalypse

August 1, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Why should you care about solutions for insect apocalypse?  For many reasons. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: cedar waxwing, goldfinch, hummingbird, insect apocalypse, keystone native plants, monarch butterfly, National WIldlife Federation, pesticide overuse, sweat bee, Xerces Society

Garden Thugs: Chinese, European and Narrow Winged Mantises

July 4, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Garden thugs—Chinese, European and Narrow Winged Mantises– are evil alien creatures from Asia. You DO NOT want them in your native plant garden. They are indiscriminate predators of all insects, including beneficial insects.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Carolina mantis, Chinese mantis, European mantis, mantis egg cases, Narrow-winged mantis

It’s Official!

June 6, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Media Borough has been certified as a Bee City by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, thanks to the dedicated work of Linda Coulston

Filed Under: Bee City, Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Bee Campus USA, Bee City USA, bumblebees, native bees, pollinators, Xerces Society

Land Stewardship or Environmental Disaster–Which Would You Choose?

May 19, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Land stewardship is not just a feel good idea, it is essential to life on Earth.  Without the biodiversity necessary to support wildlife, ecosystems will collapse and we will not be able to survive. We really are totally dependent on nature for our very existence on this planet.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: bird decline, Callery pear tree, Doug Tallamy, environmental stewardship, Homegrown National Park, insect apocalypse, japanese honeysuckle, Japanese stiltgrass, kudzu, multiflora rose, oriental bittersweet vine

Goldenrod—Star of Keystone Native Perennials

May 2, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Goldenrod (Solidago) is truly the star of keystone native perennials.  You are sure to find a goldenrod you and your insects will love, because there are eight species native to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: goldenrod, keystone native plants, solidago

Native Sunflowers: Essential for Native Plant Gardens

April 4, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Native sunflowers are essential for native plant gardens because they have high wildlife value.  They are a caterpillar host plant for 71 species of butterflies and moths.  Imagine all the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: giant sunflower, keystone native plants, oxeye sunflower, sunflowers, thinleaf sunflower, woodland sunflower

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