{"id":63518,"date":"2017-08-12T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-gardeners-should-protect-caterpillars\/"},"modified":"2017-08-12T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T10:09:29","slug":"why-gardeners-should-protect-caterpillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-gardeners-should-protect-caterpillars\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gardeners should protect caterpillars"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWho wants to live in a world without butterflies and moths?Caterpillars are not pests. I know the cabbage white will make light work of your tea, the clothes moth will leave your finery in tatters and the tomato moth will munch through your ripening tomatoes, but for every one that is after your crops or clothes, there is another that brings beauty to your garden. And not just in the obvious fluttering way: those fat teenaged blue tits ganging around your garden right now are almost pure caterpillar. They are an essential part of the food chain.If you must squash, identify carefully first \u2013 which may mean looking at the parents. There are hundreds of small brown moths, for example, but the one whose larvae make holes in\u00a0your clothes has an orange-yellow head. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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