Oak trees serve as the larval food source for almost a thousand different caterpillars.
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You are nature's best hope.
Amanda McNulty explains how making space for native plants in your yard can help restore North America's declining nesting bird population.
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Birds are having trouble finding enough caterpillars to raise their young.
Caterpillars can only eat the leaves of certain native plants. Amanda McNulty offers ways to help build back North America's rapidly declining nesting bird population.
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Larval food plants
Boxwoods, azaleas, and crepe myrtles are lovely to look at, but are dead zones for caterpillars.
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What does entomology have to do with bird decline?
Host Amanda McNulty shares a shocking statistic regarding North America's bird population.
Gardening and horticulture news and tips, as well as agricultural information from Amanda McNulty, the host of SCETV's "Making It Grow" and Clemson University Extension Agent. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.Making It Grow Minutes are produced by South Carolina Public Radio, in partnership with Clemson University's Extension Service.
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