# @greenpeaceusa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJd21DNPMq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9666653-greenpeaceusa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-11-02T15:00:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) — https://gondola.cc/greenpeaceusa

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Little lives depend on fallen leaves to survive the long cold winter months 🍂 ⁣
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Here's an introduction to a few of them, and why we should consider going a little easier on the rake when we can. #LeaveTheLeaves⁣
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Your yard is a universe ✨ To creatures that call your yard home, leaves are not litter 🍂⁣
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🐝 During winter, mated queen bumblebees hibernate in small holes underground, with thick leaves offering them protection. Many bees native to Canada, such as leafcutter and mason bees, nest and lay their eggs in the ground or in hollow plant stems so that young can emerge in spring.⁣
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🦋 Great spangled fritillary and woolly bear caterpillars bury into leaves for protection from the cold and predators. Luna moths and swallowtail butterflies camouflage their cocoons and chrysalises as dried leaves.⁣
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🐞 Most ladybugs hibernate, sometimes under leaves or rocks. They might be joined by the adults, eggs or pupae of assassin bugs, lacewings, big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, damsel bugs, spiders, millipedes, snails, worms, frogs, and more.⁣
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🐦 Leaving flower heads and shrubs full of seeds and fruits gives winter songbirds, including chickadees, goldfinches and blue jays, food during a lean season. Once spring comes, birds also use old flower stems and grasses to build nests.⁣
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🍃🍂 Leaving the leaves does not necessarily mean doing nothing – in some areas, a heavy leaf layer can cause mold and rot, damaging the plants underneath. If your leaf layer is thick, don’t worry – you don’t have to leave them exactly where they are to support overwintering wildlife.⁣
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NORMALIZE wilder yards, for pollinators and other critters who need shelter and food going into the winter and waking up in the spring🍂🐝🦋🐛⁣
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Repost: greenpeace_canada 💚⁣
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#NoMowMay #ProtectNature #Biodiversity #ForNature #Lawn #LawnCare #LawnMaintenance #Ecology #Rewild #Rewilding #UrbanGreening #LandScaping #LawnScaping #NativePlants #NativeFlowers #PlantNativePlants #SaveTheBees #ProtectPollinators

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rewilding, nomowmay, rewild, lawncare, protectpollinators, landscaping, nativeplants, lawnmaintenance, biodiversity, plantnativeplants, lawnscaping, urbangreening, nativeflowers, lawn, ecology, protectnature, savethebees, leavetheleaves, fornature

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