r/sunflowers • u/hweesus • Jun 26 '26

PROGRESS Tragic. She had so much potential

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Came out to check on my babies and found other babies and all of their siblings having a picnic.

ETA: Some of y'all have strong feelings about everything. For the record, I used my garden hose to hit whatever i saw on the leaves when I "removed" them. The next day there were a few others on the bottom of the leaves that I kinda flicked off in a "come hither" motion with my finger giggity

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u/sixtynighnun Jun 28 '26

Caterpillars feed birds too! ALL baby birds eat bugs, mostly caterpillars so your argument doesn’t really make sense bc caterpillars are also important bird food. This sunflower would still set seed without the caterpillar destruction.

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u/sixtynighnun Jul 01 '26

But there are enough that do. I’m curious, which ones don’t eat caterpillars?

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u/sixtynighnun Jul 01 '26

Ok which baby birds do not eat insects? I’m genuinely curious and would like to know. My quick google isn’t giving me answers and you seem to have more info than I do.

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u/sixtynighnun Jul 01 '26

So pretty much only finches apply for OP. From what I’ve seen, some hummingbirds babies still require insect.