Publisher's Synopsis
There is no wildlife closer to us than that found in our gardens - orindeed, in our houses - so it follows that many of those creatures welove, such as foxes and ladybirds, are literally household names.However, despite this familiarity, many of the characters revealsurprising lifestyles if you take a closer look, and there is moregoing on in our precious backyards that we might imagine.
Did you know that slugs and snails have spine-tingly good sex; thatmosquitoes can dodge raindrops and that Grey Squirrels have regularsleepovers with their neighbours? Did you realise that unemploymentcauses the breakdown of society in wasps, or that it takes the averagespider only one hour to build a web from scratch? Perhaps it would evensurprise you to know that, in this day and age, it is still possible tohave three Old Ladies stuck in your lavatory? (They are moths.)
Written in an engaging style and illustrated with photographs andstunning colour paintings by Peter Partington, this book reveals, monthby month, the extraordinary hidden world of our most familiar gardenwildlife. You will never look at your garden neighbours in the same wayagain.
