Ivy
The thing is that insects can't distinguish between weeds and natives.
This is a Meadow Argus guzzling very happily on ivy flowers - I suspect that's because they are the only flowers around at the moment. And there were dozens of butterflies. A wonderful sight.
So, here's the dilemma. Do we eradicate the ivy and let the flutteries starve? Or do we preserve a patch of ivy so that all are happy except the died-in-the-wool environmentalists. It's not even that we can plant stuff that will keep the butterflies fed at this time of year. Because there isn't anything. We are between seasons; summer (hopefully) has had it, but the rains haven't started. It's going to be a good 4-6 weeks before we get flowers again.
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