Most of us delight when seeing beautiful butterflies and moths, so I’ll go over 10 tips to help attract these creatures into our gardens and landscapes.
00:00 – Introdction
00:40 – Butterfly & Moth family
01:00 – Butterfly & Moth differences
02:18 – Pollinators vs. Nectaring Insects
02:58 – Moth abundance
03:48 – Caterpillar & Songbird connection
04:40 – Sunlight
05:30 – Host plants
10:25 – Pollinator (Nectaring) plants
13:55 – Water source
14:55 – Minerals & Proteins
15:40 – Fermenting fruit
16:00 – Soft landings
17:05 – Place to rest
18:15 – Reduce light & pollution
19:00 – Eliminate pesticide/herbicide use
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I’m 20 my sex is male, and I live with my 60 year old mother here in Amarillo Texas, we have one of the largest plots of land in the neighborhood and I dedicate that lot to native plants I was asleep the entire morning and woke up at 1:29 when I heard a riding mower in my dream and there was the city ordinance secretly trying to cut my yard, they Lowes down very little but all the stuff they did were the most important even the Texas sage my mother bought me as a gift. I told him to stop and I feel he was racist, he was already coming at me weird when I yelled at him to stop, he said he didn’t see a no trespass sign so it doesn’t matter if he was on my property, then threatened to call the cops and take me to court it the fee and another additional fee wasn’t paid, then he left, whatever, I told him he was cutting my native plants and he said they look like “weeds” to him and I said all natives look like “weeds” but my natives aren’t unwanted and that’s what “weed” means I showed him everything he cut down and to MY FACE, lied and said he didn’t cut anything, he left my yard looking a mess and now I have no privacy what do I do with these people am I really about to go to ecological war with these pale invaders???, what can I do without harming them? I’m putting logs and boulders from the park in my park to keep them out my yard.
Yay! Another video drop!
Thoughts on mosquito dunks?
Also, many tree species attract butterflies and moths. I’m thinking about White Oak In particular. And with caterpillars comes birds which come nests and BABY BIRDS! 🥹
Yayyy haha ❤
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So enjoying this with my morning tea…are all the butterflies shown in the beginning found in your garden? Years ago I joined the National American Butterfly Association ( NABA) located along the border in Texas. If you have certain plants in your garden, for a small donation you can get a sign to hang saying your garden is a butterfly habitat, nice. I plant long trays of dill for the yellow swallowtail caterpillars, and have the pretty pink milkweed ( flowers smell like honey) for the monarchs. Lastly, I also love Liatris, but it seems to be like crack to the bunnies, they just mow it down. Thank you for all the great info! 🤗🦋🌿
Your videos are fenomenal pieces of art, but girl, this one is out of the charts! The beauty, colours, plenty of life, motion, one can almost feel the soft breeze and smells from flowers and all that green. And considering the impressive amount of research and information that you offer to us plus knowing that the extraordinary environment where you are filming is the result of thorougly effort and work of years makes your videos one of the best resources of internet.
Believe me, I would be more expressive if I were writing in my mother tongue which is not English, obviously. I am absolutely gratiful with you for this present. Cheers from Buenos Aires.
I have been lucky enough to attract 5 different types of butterflies just from growing some State Fair Zinnias and Lantana on my small outdoor deck. And tons of Bumblebees too 🧡🌿
You’re so lovely. Always appreciate your content and get excited when I see your videos pop up on my feed ☺️
Such a great video! You guys are AMAZING! love all your in depth knowledge, thank you so much for sharing!😍🌱🐛🦋
Thank you very much for adding chapters to you video.
Thanks!
I was always searching for "Ice breaker" topics to start a lesson in my classroom, here Ms. Oakes provides more than plenty in her videos. Thanks
Signs of success: My comfrey has round holes in the leaves. The new blue/black salvia is chewed up. What used to concern me in the garden is now a signal that I’m on the right track supporting the ecology of the yard. It’s revolutionary! 🐞🐝🦋
This was a very good mini-lecture. Peace & Thanks, SRO and Flock.
Fabulous information…Enjoyed the video.
I have a garden that is less than manicured. I love it, don't know about my neighbors, but I love it. Pollinators whether moths, butterflies, flies, and bees are always welcome. Do have an issue with cabbage moths. Thanks for this info.
Thanks Summer! 🌱🐛🌸🦋
Thanks from the Pacific Northwest. I will follow this guideline ( that i didn't know i needed 😂). I'm excited to meet my natives.
Very interesting. I learned a lot. I do have a lot of butterflies, bees, moths , birds etc. in my garden. My neighbor has one of those lawn services that sprays herbicides and I worry about those chemicals washing into my garden. His is pristine and rather sterile but I have the wildlife.
Kind of an odd question: Do you know what to do when your coneflowers get Aster Yellows disease? I have Echinacea Purpurea in my pollinator/native garden and a cultivar of the native species in my front display gardens, which I believe both have been infected with the disease. However, I have been told that they may actually be infected with an aster mite, which causes similar damage as Aster Yellows disease. In this case, should I rip them out? Or should I give it a year to see if the problem disappears when the plants emerge next Spring? If anyone else has delt with this same issue, please let me know if you have any suggestions on fixing this issue.
What would you suggest for good companion plants of butterfly weed?
Loved all this info. Thank you
My houseplants are for my enjoyment. The garden is for the enjoyment of the entire ecosystem 🥰🦋
Lord, your yard is impressive from an european perspective. We just have mostly small gardens here…
Alright I'm about to share a deep, dark story from my childhood that this vid brought up.
I remember in my childhood my parents had one of those bug zappers. Every night the beautiful insects we would kill. (Look away) I remember the moths in particular hitting it and just frying. The bug light attracted more bugs to our home area than if we never had it. It just killed insects.
A tragic tale of my childhood that I wish we had known better.
Thank you so much for posting this beautifully made, informative video. My garden is not healthy if nothing is being eaten by insects. There is always something interesting going on in my garden because of the wildlife. When someone digs, it's aerating.
I hope this becomes even more of a trend than the houseplant trend you started! I can't thank you enough! 💚💚💚
I'm fairly new subscriber. Working my way forward from 2 year's ago videos. I've made a few comments and made small donation. So far crickets from Ms Oakes. Maybe she's too busy? She is very busy putting out new videos and doing work on her new property.
Oh my goodness what is that white/pale echinacea with the pink/purple blush near the center?