Winter squash is an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene. It is also a very good source of thiamin, vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium, and manganese, and a good source of iron.
Spiders are, for the most part, such generalist feeders that they kill many useful insects as well as many pest species, however because pest species are by their nature more numerous than beneficial species they are still effective. They are of great value to the environment.
Hummingbirds also glean insects from leaves and from spider webs. To maintain a healthy ecosystem in your yard: 1  Eliminate pesticides. 2  Spiders and insects (arthropods) are an important part of an adult bird's diet, and young hummingbirds still in the nest are almost exclusively fed arthropods.lowers, feeders, perches, insects, and water are the key ingredients to a healthy yard that will attract these amazing jewels. Flowers. Hummingbirds are specialized for nectar-eating, evident by long bills and grooved tongues ideal for probing flowers.