Last night was was what I would call a bug-a-palooza.  I went out with my headlamp on to check on a few about to open flower buds and I was bombarded with insects.My headlamp is a giant bug magnet anyways, and last night the bugs were out in force.  When I stopped to check on a couple blooms, these bugs decided to quit harassing me for a few seconds by taking a break on a nearby seed pod.  Lucky for them they were non-threatening to my plants so I let them be. This beetle seemed to be guided ...

It's easy, just catch them with a trap and transport them away to a new location!Recently I started noticing my cat's food was disappearing at an astonishing rate.  My cat is not a big eater so I knew something strange was going on.  Perhaps the half eaten dog biscuit I found in the kitchen sink should have been a tip-off as to who was to blame.I borrowed a small animal trap from a friend and set it up in my kitchen before going to bed.   A few hours later I awoke to a ruckus as this rather ...

Oops, I guess it's too late.  I found this poor mummified tree frog in my storage trailer.

When you are trying to germinate Angel Trumpets from seed, it is important to have a full-time sentry around to make sure insects, snails and slugs are kept at bay.

Look what I found when I was making my rounds tonight.  These darn slugs are relentless in their quest to eat all my brugs!Although I applied snail and slug bait in my primary growing areas, I did not treat all the independent brugmansias growing in my yard.  That's where I found these guys eating away tonight.  Unfortunately for them it ended up being their last supper...

It is nearly impossible to take a midnight stroll without seeing a bunch on chameleons napping.  This guy was smart enough to sleep up on the top of a stand alone plant, making it hard for him to be a midnight snack for the resident snakes.

Look out bugs, this guy is hungry and he's keeping watch over my brugmansia tonight!

It has been a while since I reviewed "Florida's Most Wanted" list for invasive species.  When I first spotted this tree frog tonight I thought I had a Cuban Tree Frog in my midst, which meant death had to be imminent.  Fortunately for Mr. Tree Frog and my conscious, I made a mad dash to the web for a positive ID before acting.  Mr. Tree Frog turned out to be a common variety and was left to enjoy his perch amongst my brugs.