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Making the world safer for butterflies can be as easy as doing a bit of nothing.

Letting some part of a yard go unmown can boost the number of butterflies and moths sighted there, says ecologist Richard Fox. That long-grass patch may be as elaborate as an all-native meadow dotted with flowers or as simple as some didn’t-mow corner by the back fence. Nectar-rich blooms that attract the fliers may pop up, but the biggest win comes when caterpillars don’t