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[quote=Anonymous]We have a lot in our yard.

I use no chemicals to have a perfect lawn, nor do I use any chemicals for mosquito control.  I have large areas planted with natives.  I let the leaves fall and the plants to run their life time without tidying up.

My yard has huge numbers ofvarious species of bees, butterflies of various species, lightning bugs, cardinals, American gold finches, and just a wonderful diversity of life.

People need to stop with their sterile monoculture lawns that use tons of chemicals.  Untidy areas are fantastic for pollinators and other life like lightning bugs.  Believe it or not, you can have untidy areas and still look like you have yard that's well maintained.

The other thing that ruins lightning bugs and a ton of nature is too much lightning.  Street lights are horrendous for a lot of nocturnal species.  They also mess up a ton of the ability of lightning bugs to communicate through flashing.  What I haven't really seen a ton of in years are bats.   They seem to be extinct now when I used to see tons of them at night eating all of the mosquitoes. [/quote]

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