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Published: 2013-10-25 21:08:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 31844; Favourites: 865; Downloads: 85
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This is all true, and in fact, many moths are experiencing major population crashes because of our weird belief that Leaves Are The Enemy And Must Be Annihilated. I get the HOA is a problem, believe me, but...well...moths.(And because somebody always proudly announces that they shred leaves with their lawnmower--indeed. Lotta rapidly spinning blades there. Not a fun thing to have go through your bed. So, again, if you can wait until spring, or leave a section unshredded, the moths will thank you.)
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Now I have an excuse for my laziness
When my wife tells me she wants me to rake up the leaves and mow the lawn I can be like:
"But honey, think of the poor moths"
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DΒ΄awww fluffy chubby cute moths!!! *___*
And the conversationd/facs are quite interesting. Poor real moths whoc get burned. QAQ
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hahaha XDD lol this is too cute >u< and funny. love moths.
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Have you ever seen Luna Moth caterpillars? Β They're AMAZING. Β And so is this. Β Thanks! Β ^_^
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I never knew anything about this! We always leave our dead leaves around until spring.
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Huh. Well crud. I wonder if they could possibly over winter in the leaves I spread over all my garden beds.
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I am going to fave this just to get the word out. I never burned leaves. How are they in my compost bin?
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When we get a house, I'll have a use for those leaves - for my veggie-bull bed! No harm to moth babies and my plants will be happy!
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this almost made me cry as I love moths but found it funny too
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I will never rake my leaves when I have my own home! I swear it. oco/
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I live in the Desert, soo.. leaves are not an issue, one way or the other.Β
Really cute, though, and informative to those who have living trees in their yards..Β
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I live on a mountain in the middle of nowhere, moths are completely safe here.
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; u ; D'aw!
Don't worry, little guys.
You can all come live in my yard!
I am far too lazy to even rake leaves, so you'll be fine.
You'll be safe all year long and can sex until you die to your hearts' content.
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Luckily we never rake or mow over them. Our last mow for the year was a while back. Guess being lazy is good for something
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Unless you gonna rake my leaves, critters, I'll be cleaning my yard. Now go into the forest, not my yard. Β¬__Β¬
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I'm still not leaving my lawn full of leaves. You got a problem? Cry. You're not near me.
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no reason to be rude about it =_=
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I wasn't, so stop jumping to assumptions and incorrect conclusions, honey chile.
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telling people that if they have a problem to cry about it is very rude, and I believe many people would agree. Β It's not jumping to conclusions when you're clearly being unnecessarily aggressive.
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I agree here, that comment was sorta aggressive.Β
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They don't know the difference.
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I don't understand our phobia of leaves D: "oh they'll hurt my lawwwwn" so rake them and put them in a corner of the yard!Β Let them decompose and use them as compost. There's a reason forest soil is so rich - it's because of the leaves!
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This is an incredibly cute comic, but it's also useful. I had no idea and will be leaving the leaves from now on.
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Oh yes, I always leave the leaves.
Grass is dumb. Β Har!
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I will keep this in mind for when I have my own house.
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My parents always raked up the leaves in the spring because of fire danger in the summer. Β but they were just tough little blue oak leaves, so probably not much use to passing moths. Β No burning though. Β No sense giving the fire season an early start.
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Never understood why people had a problem with leaves. I'm in a concrete jungle, but at my parents' house, the leaves just sit there all winter, and no one is for the worse! I have seen these luna moths there in the past, although infrequently.
Do Home Owner's Associations actually make people rake them up? God, the suburbs blow.
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Thanks! I only saw my first live luna moth earlier this summer and I was amazed to learn that they're really widespread, just terribly shy. My son took over the yard work from his brother and now I know there's a serendipitous purpose to his haphazard and sloppy methods.
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I am chuckling from this.Β It is great.Β Thanks for the laugh.
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Don't worry Io moth - luna moths are what invisibility potions are made of.
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Personally I'm terrified of moths..don't know why. I like Luna ones though..as long as I don't see them fly..
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Generally I rake them around our trees. Free mulch!
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i never understood why leaves must be gathered and burnt anyway. i love walking in leaves, kicking them around... the only gathering of them should be into big piles for jumping into! (i broke english, i think)
also, this is an awesome annoucement!
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I never clean up leaves. I don't see the point. They leave a nice blanket in your yard to protect roots/plants against the cold. And it's pwetty!
Here it's not burning they do, but leaf-blowers they use; you blow them off your lawn, and then... the next day the wind blows them back?
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i will share this to spread the word, thank you c:
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I don't rake up my yard. My yard has no grass. The leaves smothered it into dirt.
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we don't do the leaves anymore, we let them decompose to enrich the soil.
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We have fire risk where I live so... yeah, no leaving giant piles of leaves out.
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I always wondered why Americans have to clear the leaves from their lawns during Autumn. I always thought that a blanket of leaves keeps the grass from freezing to death in the winter. Not to mention that it ends up turning into fertilizer. Some things I simply can't understand. Great image though.
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Where I live in the US, it doesn't freeze in the winter. If you leave those leaves, they'll turn soggy and slippery and kill the lawn.
On the other hand, neither of those moths live here, and as 'the evergreen state', we don't have many falling leaves anyway.
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hmm maybe the lawn..... I won't say it. Its too gray in winter to begin with.
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As an American, that's what I was taught to do, but now that I know all that, especially the bit about killing moths, I won't be bothering with big black trash bags any more. I'll just sweep them off the patio.
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your lawn will thank you. as will your wallet when you stop having to buy fertilizer.
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