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GARDEN CREATURES

Here are some common garden creatures that you might come across while gardening. Not all are enemies and can indeed be beneficial, eg. preying on other creatures which damage crops or flowers. It is a fundamental law of nature to eat and be eaten so the beneficial creatures need a supply of what we consider pests, to survive. We may have replaced our hunter-gatherer skills with a shopping trolley and credit card, but this option is not available in the wild; eg. the complete removal of slugs and snails would seriously affect the diet of some birds. If they are not having a detrimental effect, then leave them alone as they all form part of the natural balance between flora and fauna which gives us the beauty we all strive for.

There are some real villains, Vine Weevils and New Zealand Flatworms being the most notable. These two add to their dastardliness by the fact that they do not need a mate to reproduce, so if only one individual is brought into the garden they can establish themselves. There are a few new "aliens" which have been spotted recently. The big problem with introduced species is that they are not part of the existing food chain so may not have a natural predator; our biggest defence against them is our climate, which fortunately kills off most of the creatures accidently carried here on plants or in food imports.
Some can be used to control others which are present in abundance and are damaging ornamental or crop plants. These biological controls have to be used carefully or they can become pests themselves.
The following creatures have been arranged as Friends, those with Some Bad Habits and The Enemy depending on how they behave in the garden. Some of the friendly creatures may not do anything physical to help, but their presence adds to the pleasure of the garden. The life cycles of insects involve forms which can have different diets, so although Moths are considered benign and important pollinators, their larvae are amongst the most destructive to plant-life.


FRIENDS

picture of PEACOCK BUTTERFLY click for more information
Peacock Butterfly
picture of RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY click for more information
Red Admiral
Butterfly
picture of SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY click for more information
Small Tortoiseshell
Butterfly
picture of PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY click for more information
Painted Lady
Butterfly
picture of a Bumble Bee click for more information picture of HONEYBEE click for more information
Western Honeybee
picture of RED-TAILED BUMBLEBEE click for more information
Red-tailed
Bumblebee
picture of a HOVER FLY click for more information
Hover Fly

picture of DARTER DRAGONFLY click for more information
Common Darter
Dragonfly
picture of GROUND BEETLE click for more information
Ground Beetle
picture of DEVIL'S COACH HORSE click for more information picture of LADYBIRD and larva click for more information

picture of CENTIPEDE click for more information
Centipede
picture of EARTHWORM click for more information
Earthworm
picture of a Garden Spider click for more information
Garden spider
picture of a SEXTON BEETLE click for more information
Sexton Beetle

picture of a DUNG BEETLE click for more information picture of a ROBIN click for more information
Robin
picture of a SWALLOWS click for more information
Swallow
picture of a COMMON FROG click for more information
Common Frog
picture of a CINNABAR MOTH click for more information
      

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SOME BAD HABITS

picture of RED ANTS
Red Ants
picture of A Blackbird
Blackbird
picture of EARWIG click for more information
Earwig
picture of ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH CATERPILLAR click for more information
Elephant Hawk-moth

picture of CUCKOO SPIT click for more information
Froghopper
picture of HAWTHORN SHIELD BUG
Hawthorn Shieldbug
picture of a MILLIPEDE click for more information
Millipede
picture of a PILL MILLIPEDE click for more information
Pill Millipede

picture of a MOTH and PUPA click for more information
Moth & Pupa
large yellow underwing moth caterpiller
Large Yellow
Underwing Moth
picture of a GREY DAGGER CATERPILLAR click for more information
Grey Dagger
Moth Caterpillar
picture of a KNOT GRASS MOTH CATERPILLAR click for more information
Knot Grass
Moth Caterpillar
picture of a RED VELVET MITE click for more information
Red Velvet Mite
picture of a SONG THRUSH click for more information
Song Thrush
picture of a WASP click for more information
Wasp
picture of a WOODLOUSE click for more information
Woodlouse
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THE ENEMY

picture of APHIDS click for more information
Aphid
picture of BIG BUD ON BLACKCURRANT SHOOT
Big Bud Mite
picture of LARGE CABBAGE WHITE CATERPILLAR click for more information
Large Cabbage
White Caterpilar
picture of SMALL CABBAGE WHITE CATERPILLAR click for more information
Small Cabbage
White Caterpillar

picture of CARROT FLY GRUB click for more information
Gooseberry Sawfly
Larva
picture of AQUILEGIA SAWFLY GRUB click for more information
Aquilegia Sawfly
Larva
picture of COCKCHAFER GRUB click for more information
Cockchafer Grub
picture of COCKCHAFER BEETLE click for more information
Cockchafer Beetle

picture of CARROT FLY GRUB click for more information
Carrot Fly Grub
picture of LEATHERJACKET click for more information
Leatherjacket
picture of LEAF BEETLE click for more information
Leaf Beetle
picture of BROWN SCALE INSECT click for more information
Brown Scale Insect

picture of Midge larva, click for more information
Midge Larva
picture of NEW ZEALAND FLATWORM click for more information
New Zealand
Flatworm
picture of AUSTRALIAN FLATWORM click for more information
Australian
Flatworm
picture of PEA BEETLE click for more information
Pea Beetle

picture of RED LILY BEETLE click for more information
Red Lily Beetle
picture of a SLUG click for more information
Slug
picture of Snail click for more information
Snail
picture of WIREWORM click for more information
Wireworm

picture of WOOLLY APHIDS click for more information
Woolly Aphids
picture of VINE WEEVIL click for more information
Vine Weevil
picture of RABBIT click for more information
Rabbit
      







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