Gardeners Urged To Work Together To Help Moths Survive In Cities

Gardeners have been urged to work with neighbours to support moths and hoverflies when planning their planting, after research found them to be particularly sensitive to urban sprawl.

- Damien Gayle

While bees get most of the attention when it comes to supporting pollinators in our cities, researchers found that their less glamorous – but no less important – counterparts from other orders are even more acutely affected by urbanisation.