SOME INSECT/PLANT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BRAIDS AREA OF EDINBURGH.
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Barbara and Mike Richardson have been spending the lockdown observing the relationships between insects and plants. Here they describe insects which are pollinators and ones which feed on plants. Among their observations are species which have only recently arrived in Scotland.
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