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are warningly coloured because they contain bitter poisons to deter predators. These bitter chemicals taint the wine. They will not do any harm indoors, but an easy solution is to release them into an unheated greenhouse, shed or out-building where

't even think about any kind of poison. I have no hedgehogs (apart from my three rescues that I adopted yesterday) and the Song Thrushes have been missing for many years. It's a vicious circle, people poison slugs, slug predators die so

the insects to just get on with it and let nature redress the balance next year. The sawflies are bound to have predators - try encouraging more birds to visit your garden. The sprays are killing bees and butterflies, which are in serious danger of extinction

offices despite having to negotiate several busy roads i presume this was the best site available Sadly I have to say to Melanie that yes cats are the biggest predators of frogs. I've made a series of nice hiding places for frogs all around the walls of my

great tit. It was lovely to watch - but I didn't envy her having to do her day job on top of feeding her chick!Dan Kelly - that's really sad. Badgers are known to predate bumblebee nests, especially in dry weather when the worms they usually feed on hide

predation pressure. As the male does most of the hunting in the early days, smaller birds are targets but once the young are old enough to be left by the female she'll target pigeons and doves that last the family a bit longer.  In previous gardens I've used

I put out saucers with bran dot them around the garden then at night rubber gloves on and go collecting they head towards the bran and its much easier to pick them up - then they go down the drain!! Hedgehogs and birds are also predators of slugs

, it is loss of habitat. Garden hedges are too often ripped out and replaced by fencing - not everyone realizes that hedges are not only possible nesting sites (for all sorts of birds) but the best refuge from predators. This coupled with the trends for hiding

it is cold, cool when it is hot, hide it from predators and parasites and are a useful byproduct from its liquid diet. Many sap-suckers have the problem of sucking so much food to get enough protein to grow that they have to find some way of getting rid

, and then 'milking' them for their honeydew. I know they do this on other plants, too, and the ants protect the aphids from predators in the process. I also agree with Gail... in many ways I'd rather enjoy paeonies in other gardens rather than give them space myself