Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
36%
4 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
67/100
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Ubiquitous urban plants often derided as “weeds” are the most attractive to pollinating insects.
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plants → deride → insects
The autumn blooms of common ivy, rich in pollen and nectar, are the most visited by insects including bees and butterflies, according to an eight-year study.
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blooms → visit → study
The next most popular are hogweed and bramble flowers, followed by non-native buddleia, which attracts four times as many butterflies and moths as other high-scoring flowers.
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which → follow → flowers
The popularity and importance of plants for insects that many gardeners might dig up or cut down are revealed by the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, in which citizen scientists have recorded insect visits to flowers during 10-minute surveys since 2017.
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scientists → dig → 2017
Ivy received 22 visits by flying insects per 10-minute count with hogweed a close second (20) followed by buddleias, bramble, knapweeds and thistles, which received an average of 14 visits each.
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which → receive → visits
Jo Milborrow, the butterfly monitoring officer for Butterfly Conservation, one of the partners in the pollinator monitoring scheme, said: “We already recommend ivy as a great plant to grow because it is an important resource for breeding holly blue butterflies and nectaring commas and red admirals, so the fact that this easy-to-grow native species is also the number one plant for pollinating insect visits is a fantastic discovery – we would recommend people to start growing ivy today!”
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we → monitor → ivy
The survey, which is run by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), found that hoverfly numbers had declined by about a third in both abundance and total number of species recorded across Britain over the past eight years.
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numbers → run → years
There was better news for solitary bees, which increased in one survey.
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which → be → survey
Honeybees, beetles and flies excluding hoverflies all increased in the survey, which covered mostly gardens, suggesting that these could be providing an important refuge for some pollinators.
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these → exclude → pollinators
Martin Harvey, a volunteer coordinator at UKCEH, said volunteers could contribute counts via the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme website next year between April and September.
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volunteers → say → April
“Participants often say how much they have enjoyed spending time counting pollinators,” he said, “and it is always fascinating to observe the close association between insects and flowers”.
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it → say → insects
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