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We’ve moved on from using commercial slug pellets because of their impact on other animals and the environment; many are laden with chemicals that do a good job of killing slugs, but that may also harm animals higher up the food chain, too. In our enlightened times, we should look at ...
Other spiders, such as the various wolf spiders, seek their prey out on the ground. Trap door spiders dig holes, cover them up with dirt doors hinged with spider silk, and lie in wait for passing prey. Similarly, some spiders hide inside flowers to catch feeding insects by surprise. ...
Carpenter bees bore holes in unpainted, unfinished wood. Some people mistake carpenter bees for bumblebees. Plasterer bees dig holes and tunnels, lining them with a plaster-like glandular secretion. Leafcutter bees use their mouth parts to cut pieces of leaves, which they use to line their nes...
If you have partially eaten carrots, potatoes, or other root vegetables in your garden, you probably have a vole problem. According to one reader, “They dig under my carrots, pulling them down, and eating them. There’s just a row of holes where the carrots were. It’s kind of amusin...
Other spiders, such as the various wolf spiders, seek their prey out on the ground. Trap door spiders dig holes, cover them up with dirt doors hinged with spider silk, and lie in wait for passing prey. Similarly, some spiders hide inside flowers to catch feeding insects by surprise. ...
He pulls out a disk of plain, earth-colored Native American pottery, the size of a large cookie. “Maroons would find ceramics like this, and jam them down into the post holes of their cabins, to shore them up. This is probably the largest item we’ve found.” Then he shows me ...
Some predators, such as snakes and rats, are only likely to eat half-grown chicks or chicks, not fully grown birds. Others, like skunks, will only eat chicken eggs and leave the chickens alone. So how to protect your chickens from predators? Follow these steps. ...
To you, a flower garden may look like a patch of land to grow some pretty flowers, but to neighborhood cats it looks like an inviting litter box. The salts and acids in cat urine kill plants, ruining your flower bed. Cats also dig in garden beds to cover
This is another reason why eastern cottontails are the most commonly spotted rabbit in residential yards: they don't usually dig their own burrows, but instead make do with what's around them. You won't see them in the daylight very often, as they forage for food either in the very ear...