Transcript Attracting Wildlife

LANDSCAPING TO
ATTRACT WILDLIFE
Vincent Mannino, County Extension Director – Fort Bend
What Do You Want to Attract?
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Birds
Animals
Insects
Selecting Plant Species
Important to Wildlife
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Food
Cover
Perches
Nesting or Denning
Shade
~ Attracting Animals ~
Animals feed on leaves, twigs & fruit.
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Twigs: oaks, hollies, hawthorns, rose,
hackberry
Leaves: hollies, privet, honeysuckle,
muscadine
Fruit: plums, hawthorns, pecans, acorns,
dewberries, rabbit eye blueberries,
persimmon, holly fruit, pyracantha
Twigs & Leaves
Fruit
More Fruit…
~ Attracting Birds ~
Birds Feed on Fruits, Seeds & Insects that Feed on
Fruits and Seeds.
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Fruit producers: mayhaws, plums, dewberries,
blackberries, pawpaws, persimmons, black
cherry/laurels, hollies, pyracantha
Seed producers: pecan, hickory, walnut,
acorns, hackberry, poison ivy, waxmyrtle,
persimmons, plums
Insects: include weevils, beetles, & webworms
Fruit Producers
Seed Producers
Insects Attracted for Food
~ Attracting Beneficial Insects ~
Beneficial Insects That Feed on Flowers Include:
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Moths - mostly nocturnal, somber colors,
various types of antennae, wings horizontal,
straight stylet, fast flyers.
Butterflies - mostly daytime, brightly colored,
knobbed antennae, wings mostly vertical,
curled stylet, slow flyers.
Bees & Wasps - off all types, all are beneficial
Resources
Moths
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Butterflies
Plants to Attract Moths & Butterflies
Any Long, Tubular Flower Will Attract Moths & Butterflies.
Bees
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Wasps
~ Plants to Attract Bees & Wasps ~
Most Any Flower Will Attract Bees and Wasps
Questions??
Written by:
Vincent Mannino
County Extension Director
Fort Bend County