{"id":143318,"date":"2024-04-03T19:25:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-defence-of-slugs-and-moths-the-pesky-invertebrates-britain-loves-to-hate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T19:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:32:29","slug":"in-defence-of-slugs-and-moths-the-pesky-invertebrates-britain-loves-to-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-defence-of-slugs-and-moths-the-pesky-invertebrates-britain-loves-to-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"In defence of slugs and moths: the pesky invertebrates Britain loves to hate"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLargely considered unwelcome guests in our homes and gardens, their bad reputations are \u2013 mostly \u2013 undeservedInvertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth\u2019s spineless heroesNominate your UK invertebrate species of the yearSlugs eat our lettuce. Moths eat our jumpers. It seems pretty unlikely that either will win the Guardian\u2019s invertebrate of the year competition, and yet \u2026This newspaper has a venerable history of standing up for the underdog and it turns out the national hatred for slugs and moths may be largely unfounded.Welcome to the Guardian\u2019s invertebrate of the year competition! Every day for the next two weeks we\u2019ll be profiling one of the incredible invertebrates that live in and around the UK. Let us know which invertebrates you think we should be including here. And at midnight on Friday 12 April voting will open to decide which is our favourite invertebrate \u2013 for now \u2013 with the winner to be announced on Monday 15 April. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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