The bigger Rana type frogs are limited in how far from water they can wonder and how high they can hunt. Tree frogs are pretty much unlimited. Most above ground insects can be eaten. Excellent bug control.
I keep kiddie pools for my water plants. The mosquito larvae in them encourages dragonflies and Damselflies to lay eggs in them. Their larvae eat mosquito larvae.
Tree frogs seem to prefer large leafed tropical plants that collect and funnel dew and keep them hydrated. Think cannas, elephant ears, gingers, banana plants especially.
What about home pest control? Treating the house perimeter is a major strategy the companies use for keeping bugs out of the house. Will interior-only treatment be enough? I’m so conflicted.
The best pest control is always environmental, that means removing the items that attract insects in the first place and sealing any potential points or entry, such as gaps around windows, pipes, electrical outlets, vents, etc. The large southern roaches consume wood fiber, so they are attracted by leaf litter and cardboard. Ants are attracted by anything containing sugar, fruit flies are attracted by the acid from the rotten fruit, flies are attracted by the smell of decomposing protein. Gardeners may find the exterior of their house covered in small brown centipedes after a rain, those are attracted by the moist hardwood mulch which they decompose into humic matter. Each insect has a purpose in their environment, and it is safer and better to remove the attracting factor than to fight the tide with pesticides.
oh geez! he has the bog thing completely backwards. A good bog filters pond water. so, you pump water into your bog and let it over flow into your pond. please research bog filters.
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The bigger Rana type frogs are limited in how far from water they can wonder and how high they can hunt. Tree frogs are pretty much unlimited. Most above ground insects can be eaten. Excellent bug control.
I keep kiddie pools for my water plants. The mosquito larvae in them encourages dragonflies and Damselflies to lay eggs in them. Their larvae eat mosquito larvae.
Tree frogs seem to prefer large leafed tropical plants that collect and funnel dew and keep them hydrated. Think cannas, elephant ears, gingers, banana plants especially.
Good point!
What about home pest control? Treating the house perimeter is a major strategy the companies use for keeping bugs out of the house. Will interior-only treatment be enough?
I’m so conflicted.
The best pest control is always environmental, that means removing the items that attract insects in the first place and sealing any potential points or entry, such as gaps around windows, pipes, electrical outlets, vents, etc. The large southern roaches consume wood fiber, so they are attracted by leaf litter and cardboard. Ants are attracted by anything containing sugar, fruit flies are attracted by the acid from the rotten fruit, flies are attracted by the smell of decomposing protein. Gardeners may find the exterior of their house covered in small brown centipedes after a rain, those are attracted by the moist hardwood mulch which they decompose into humic matter. Each insect has a purpose in their environment, and it is safer and better to remove the attracting factor than to fight the tide with pesticides.
Thanks for such a thorough answer
Many tree frogs will NOT breed in any body of water that smells of fish! FISH FREE ONLY
oh geez! he has the bog thing completely backwards. A good bog filters pond water. so, you pump water into your bog and let it over flow into your pond. please research bog filters.
Hello! There are different ways of doing bogs, overflow ponds and rain gardens, it all depends on your objective.