Posted: Apr 15, 2021 4:12 PM ET | Last Updated: April 15 It's easy to get excited about spring and the gardening season ahead, but please avoid taking out the rake and yard waste bags just yet, or at all! A live-and-let-live approach to yard cleanup in both the spring and fall is actually much more beneficial for pollinators and other insects. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio glaucus on Purple Coneflower(iStock/db_beyer) Not your average pile of leaves Many moths and butterflies (known collectively as 'Lepidoptera' in the science world) spend the winter in leaf litter in their egg, larval or pupal form. For example, butterflies like the tiger swallowtail (