Despite a major contrast in colors, this friendly tree frog makes himself at home on the large blooms of Brugmansia 'Xena'.I'm starting to see a resurgence in caterpillars munching on my blooms and foliage so this guy is a welcome sight.

With our summer rainy season finally getting underway, my favorite pest patrol is out in force.You can never have enough tree frogs amongst your plants when it comes to natural pest control.Besides the great work they do munching on bugs, aren't they cute!  :)

After another frigid winter, the tree frog population is finally rebounding.  The sound of the tree frog's chirping is like music to my ears.  More tree frogs equate to less insect pests available to munch on my plants.

Need I say more?

Seeing how it is New Year's Eve, you may be thinking I'm talking about the year 2009, but I'm not.  I'm talking about another darn Cuban Tree Frog!  Who knows, this could be the same one I've let escape a few times already this year.With eyes like those looking at you, how on earth could you snuff this poor guy out????  If you followed my earlier posts you know they are an invasive species that is working its way up the state.  When found, we are supposed to destroy them.  Actually, ...

That's what this little tree frog appears to be thinking as he hangs on to his very own Angel Trumpet bud.I'm sure he's enjoying tonight's muggy summer like weather.

This toad is confident he is going to have a nice meal today.  These guys are my friends because some of their favorite foods are snails and slugs.  Unfortunately for my plants there are plenty of snails and slugs around for them to eat.  I just wish I could propogate toads as easily as I do brugmansia!

I wonder what is going through this little fellow's mind as he gazes towards this trumpet.  Hopefully he is eying one of the caterpillars or slugs that have been munching on my leaves!