Good bugs for your garden

by Allison Mia Starcher

Hardcover, 1995

Status

Non-Circulating

Call number

SF517.S88 1995

Collection

Publication

Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books, 1995.

Description

Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scale insects, and caterpillars can damage vegetables, flowers, shrubs, and trees. But not many of us know that ground beetles eat caterpillars, not plants; that dragonflies feed on mosquitoes; that parasitic wasps prey on tomato hornworms. In this delightful guide to the world of beneficial insects, Starcher, an artist and avid gardener, shows us how to identify the "good guys" and encourage them to reside in our gardens. "Altogether delightful."--Newark Star-Ledger; "A fact-filled, charmingly illustrated guide."--American Bookseller. A GARDEN BOOK CLUB selection.

Language

Original publication date

1995

Physical description

xviii, 53 p.; 19 cm

ISBN

9781565120716
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