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01-06-2011, 09:41 PM
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5 ways to attract moths to your garden
5 ways to attract moths to your garden
Most of us think about planting for butterflies, but how many of us actually plant or create habitat for moths? Here are a few quick tips to get started!
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01-06-2011, 09:59 PM
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bridget, I love the idea of expaning our plantings for moths as well as butterfllies. One thing, however, I noticed about the suggestions in your link: the site is from the UK so the listed suggestions of natives are *their* natives, not those native to the USA. Hopefully, members that already plant for moths can give us some good advice and suggestions. Good idea for a thread. 
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01-06-2011, 10:19 PM
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01-06-2011, 10:30 PM
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That looks like a cool site, Runmede. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out more thoroughly when it is not past my bedtime.
Funny thing: I just started a thread about ecoregions. Your link asks for a zipcode to find one's ecoregion. It gave me a different one than the site I found!
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01-06-2011, 10:44 PM
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01-08-2011, 11:38 AM
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*plant nighttime flowering plants *create hedges *provide hiding places *don't use a lot of lighting *leave the weeds Universal, don't you think?
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01-08-2011, 11:48 AM
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01-08-2011, 11:56 AM
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I posted it to get people 'thinking' about moths in addition to butterflies. Sorry, it was an article I found about moths, thought it was good, posted it.
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01-08-2011, 12:14 PM
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Sorry if I sounded critical--that was not my intention. I just figured that some people who visit this site don't know what is native to their area, and I didn't want them spreading more invasives around here.
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01-08-2011, 10:30 PM
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