If you aren't fond of slugs and bugs, you might be pleased to discouver that salamanders will help control them in your garden. In contrast, nectar and pollen attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Other exctions include the helpful and harmful plant-eters, predators of the plant-eters, and the decomposers.

 

There are 132 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Fulcrum Inc. , US .

Sally Kneidel, PhD, is the author of ten books on various nature and science topics, including coauthor of Veggie Revolution (Fulcrum). She has taught either biology or writing for more than 15 years in a variety of schools and colleges and has taught rain-forest biology on student trips to Costa Rica. Anna-Maria Crum is a graphic artist and designer and teaches classes in children's book illustration at the Colorado Institute of Art. She lives in Littleton, Colorado. SALLY KNEIDEL, a former science teacher, has stalked bugs from the mountains of Switzerland to the tropical rainforests of Costa Rica. She is the author of several animal books, including Pet Bugs (Wiley) and Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method.