tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79312923077480441032011-12-05T15:28:39.638-08:00This Blog is designed to share with you some of the special little garden creatures we share or world with. As an important part of the food chain &amp; life itself these little characters give a lot more to our world than one may are even aware of. In fact some of these little creatures can even save human lives. So before you just squash or come out with that evil spray can, spare a thought for these precious little heroes.Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931292307748044103.post-52222504394935529622008-12-29T13:58:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:50:44.050-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMLTPIVxI/AAAAAAAAAao/oUjxOBOODF4/s1600-h/bf1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMLTPIVxI/AAAAAAAAAao/oUjxOBOODF4/s400/bf1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339394721994514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKqve3KI/AAAAAAAAAag/cmdaP4Vqcgk/s1600-h/bf2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKqve3KI/AAAAAAAAAag/cmdaP4Vqcgk/s400/bf2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339383851834530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKp9ywRI/AAAAAAAAAaY/72V6pAB3YLk/s1600-h/bf3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKp9ywRI/AAAAAAAAAaY/72V6pAB3YLk/s400/bf3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339383643422994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKGh2_9I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/8PQy6vz8O2Q/s1600-h/bf4unsized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKGh2_9I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/8PQy6vz8O2Q/s400/bf4unsized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339374131019730" border="0" /></a>A waking frog comes to life as the rain begins...thinking &amp; wondering about the next meal.<br />These wonderful creatures breath through their skin, so toxins such as sprays &amp; oil can easy harm them, even organic substances. Hence their sad decline in numbers, in many places.<br />Precious to the gardener as they are great <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">predators</span> &amp; are able to consume large amounts of unwanted insects.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7931292307748044103-5222250439493552962?l=creature-creations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931292307748044103.post-30673771098007441792008-12-29T13:11:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:51:41.322-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk91IAS9oI/AAAAAAAAAaI/4ImeJIPBMzY/s1600-h/spider2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk91IAS9oI/AAAAAAAAAaI/4ImeJIPBMzY/s400/spider2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323620587075202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WZr9J1I/AAAAAAAAAaA/M83DRHxP7Oc/s1600-h/spider1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WZr9J1I/AAAAAAAAAaA/M83DRHxP7Oc/s400/spider1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323092757653330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WCOK32I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/hjWbXPnLPZ0/s1600-h/spider2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WCOK32I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/hjWbXPnLPZ0/s400/spider2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323086458707810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9V48UbsI/AAAAAAAAAZw/z8BJxkCbdzY/s1600-h/spider3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9V48UbsI/AAAAAAAAAZw/z8BJxkCbdzY/s400/spider3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323083967917762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9Vt6z6iI/AAAAAAAAAZo/umx5sSyMWf4/s1600-h/spider4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9Vt6z6iI/AAAAAAAAAZo/umx5sSyMWf4/s400/spider4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323081008802338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s1600-h/spider1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s400/spider1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321631835959570" border="0" /></a>The Jumping Spider is an amazing little creature.<br />Capable of jumping 40 times their own body length [which = 220ft for a 5ft 6 person] to catch their prey. The ultimate delicacy craved being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mosquitoes</span> engorged with blood which they can spot at quite some distance with their extraordinary eyesight.<br />Always welcome in my garden &amp; gives thought to those nations effected by malaria where endless lives are lost annually.........<br />These brilliantly dressed little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">characters</span> come in many colors &amp; are native in many nations.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7931292307748044103-3067377109800744179?l=creature-creations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.com