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Natural food chains
Aphids are hunted by bugs who are hunted by birds & other insects. Their role in ecosystems results in a stable, diverse garden environment
Aphids have been around for 140 million years, long before humanity´s gardeners regimented their turf. While drawing sap from your plants, they also have a good side, attracting beetles, other predatory insects and essential pollinators into the garden. Ants, who help aerate and nutrify the soil, farm aphids for their honeydew. A blight, a blessing or simply the world´s smallest cattle? Aphids show that nature is give and take.
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Natural food chains
Aphids are hunted by bugs who are hunted by birds & other insects. Their role in ecosystems results in a stable, diverse garden environment
Aphids have been around for 140 million years, long before humanity´s gardeners regimented their turf. While drawing sap from your plants, they also have a good side, attracting beetles, other predatory insects and essential pollinators into the garden. Ants, who help aerate and nutrify the soil, farm aphids for their honeydew. A blight, a blessing or simply the world´s smallest cattle? Aphids show that nature is give and take.
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