Slugs, Bugs & Salamanders
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- Item #: 444
Focuses on the insects, birds, amphibians, and other animal life found in gardens, including creatures both beneficial and damaging, and discusses the best ways to care for garden plants. This book can also be used for its information on growing flowers and vegetables, but the main focus is on the creatures one is likely to find in the garden. Although the author admits to the harm done by aphids, slugs, caterpillars, and hornworms, her intent is not to squash them, but rather to attract other creatures (mantises, salamanders, etc.) who eat the garden pests. In a personal, narrative style, Sally Kneidel describes the anatomy, life cycles, and habits of insects, butterflies, birds, amphibians, worms, and spiders, and then invites readers to watch closely and learn for themselves the habits of animals in relation to garden plants. Black-and-white line drawings appear on almost every page.
