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Hummingbirds love to eat insects just as much as they love to drink nectar. So, to attract more to your yard, turn your garden into a bug haven. Here's how.
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Insects provide hummingbirds with oils, fats and fiber too. They are recorded to consume small beetles, weevils, flies, gnats, mosquitoes, aphids, mites, leafhoppers, flying ants and parasitic wasps.
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Hummingbirds need the sugar rush to keep their heart beating up to 1260 times a minute.
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Hummingbirds also eat small insects and sometimes pollen. There are many kinds of hummingbird feeders, ranging from handblown colored and painted glass globes with metal bases and "flowers," to ...
Massing plants of the same kind can make them more noticeable to hummingbirds. They also eat insects, so you should avoid or minimize the use of pesticides in the garden.
Many insects, including wasps, like to feed while in the sun. Try to hang your hummingbird feeder in a shaded area where fewer vermin will find it or have access to it.