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predators into your plot, but what if pests are running riot and there are no ladybirds in sight? Biological pest control companies provide a useful option by selling adult ladybirds to release onto your pest ridden plants, and we'll have some of stage

are themselves predators of small birds, while grey squirrels are ten-a-penny and have pushed our native reds to the brink of extinction. Is there such a thing as acceptable prey for cats – magpies, squirrels, pigeons and rats maybe - as long as they leave

yellow in another local park. But I saw this as a telling remark, that even he was more interested in the pretty but ultimately trivial observation of a fleetingly migrant butterfly, than the eco-genocide of a colony of nearly-top predators.

the cold and rainy conditions, our gardens make fantastic lizard habitats, especially if there are places for them to bask in the sun and hide from predators.A dry stone wall makes an ideal habitat, but a log pile, or even stone or log path, can be just

possibility that if it spreads widely it might become more of a nuisance than Palomena because it has left its predators and parasitoids behind in southern Europe so populations here increase unchecked. But like all things in the garden, it is not a pest

, such as Agralan Insect Barrier Glue, placed around pots or on greenhouse staging. Encourage natural enemies. Vine weevils and their grubs are eaten by a variety of predators such as birds, frogs, toads, shrews, hedgehogs and predatory ground beetles. A biological

and poisons intervene which they still do]. Hawks, like wolves another misunderstood predator, NEVER overkill their hunting territory and if not culled by being hunted, the prey birds would die of natural causes including starvation and disease

our garden but the natural predators seem to be unable to deal with the large slug/snail population of this year !! It's very disheartening when established plants are eaten away and most of my annual seedlings have disappeared overnight this year - I

. There are lots of predators, mainly beetles (adults and larvae, that feed on the Drosophila grubs. My favourites are the histerids, small (4-10mm) shiny black critters slightly flattened broad rounded globular with thick digging legs to pull through the slimy

the sap from the plants, but is relatively harmless in small numbers. In fact, they are beneficial to the garden, as they attract ladybirds and lacewings, who feed off them and help maintain the delicate balance of pest and predator in the garden. Anyway