Bees and butterflies play a much bigger role in the health of natural habitats than their sizes would suggest. Learn all about the species populating urban Malaysia.
Butterfly Gardens: Key Concepts
Butterflies are nice to have in a garden, they help to make it feel alive with colour and movement. They also become food for birds and carry out important pollination of plants. To have butterflies in a garden, you have to meet the requirements of butterflies. In no particular order, the requirements are: host plants…
A Beginner Butterfly Garden
A beginner’s butterfly garden uses host plants and flowering plants that grow wild. Shade is not an issue for many of these butterfly species here since they are adapted to living in hot open areas. Because this garden uses wild plants, it requires almost zero maintenance (except for occasional trimming). For aesthetic value, you can…
Pollinators: Bees and Wasps
Often people ask me about how to make their gardens pollinator friendly. This is a tough question, because there are so many different types of pollinators. Guides usually don’t have all of them in one place. Here, I’ll explain the categories of pollinators that visit plants, as well as the characteristics of the flowers that…
Pollinators: Flies
This is a continuation of our series on pollinators. In this article I will cover flies, often overlooked pollinators of many plants. As usual, keep in mind that a lot of the plant examples are not exclusively pollinated by a single pollinator. Often there can be several different pollinators visiting the same type of flower.…
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