Author(s): Ruud Kleinpaste

NZ Garden

Backyard Battlefield is every gardener's essential reference guide to bugs. This book is packed with information and advice about common insects and invertebrates in your garden. It asks 'Do you really need to get rid of them?' And if you do, Ruud tells you how - suggesting a variety of options.In his inimitable and entertaining style, Ruud Kleinpaste describes many bugs, including codling moths, aphids, monarch butterflies, cicadas, ants, spittlebugs, passionvine hoppers, mantids, weta, grass grubs, snails, slugs, caterpillars, wasps, whitefly, spiders, blowflies, roaches and mosquitoes. Ruud's clear and colourful photos provide an easy aid to identification of the bugs in your backyard and further afield.