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I see fire ants setting up to guard my sunflowers.  Plus see quite a few lady bugs I bless.  Japanese beetles are slowly disappearing probably into lawn..
 
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Have you read Kingsolver's 'Prodigal Summer'? Fiction, but a great parable about the role of balanced systems... specifically insects.
 
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no I haven't  but I see your in a cold climate.
 
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Indeed. A warm day in the Yukon is probably a cold day in Tennessee.
Different challenges and solutions in different biomes, but sometimes there is crossover. For example: Very few bees up here, so most pollination comes from mosquitoes and ants. I too encourage ants!
 
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