THE PREDATORY NATURE OF OUR STEPS

  

#DO NOT MOW

Summer azure (Celastrina neglecta). Dogwood as host plant

#DO NOT CUT

Dogwood, much preferred by insects, butterflies and birds

#DO NOT KILL

My grandfather always said to me

do not squish the bug, the friend

the butterfly, the enemy

learn instead

to live with them.

Black walnut and tent worms

A natureza predatória de nossos passos

#NÃO CORTAR

The mating of Cupido comyntas, or Eastern tailed blue

#NÃO PODAR

Monarch caterpillars on Common milkweed

#NÃO MATAR

Monarch and bee nectaring on cup plant

Meu avô sempre dizia

não pisa em cima do bicho, do amigo,

da borboleta, do inimigo

aprende em vez

o conviver com êles.

Red admirals prefer rotten fruit and matter, but occasionally nectar on flowers