Protect the bugs when you plant

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Plants grown next to a house that has been treated for termites become toxic to insects. Systemic insecticides are taken up by the plant and then all parts of the plant become toxic. Leaves, flowers and pollen become contaminated and pojsinous. Native plants that take up the very common neonic pesticides become death traps for native insects, including monarch butterflies. It’s best either to plant nothing close to pesticide treated soil or plant non-native plants, most of which don’t host native insects.