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4. They're effective predators. They eat the insects you don't want but they also eat the ones you do.

Sun Jul 7, 2024, 09:28 AM

Jul 2024

Blue Jays and Mockingbirds eat butterflies. Other birds do too.

A Blue Jay will also go after the nest of a Hummingbird. As will squirrels.

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Nature can be brutal. [View all] Solly Mack Jul 2024 OP

Yes indeed, Nature can be brutal to our eyes, my dear Solly . . . CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #1

Thanks, Peggy. :) Solly Mack Jul 2024 #2

I had no idea that dragonflies would go after butterflies! mnhtnbb Jul 2024 #3