Three booksPests & creatures
The Bestiary
Every living thing the companion knows to blame — the sap-suckers, the leaf-eaters, the grubs working out of sight below the soil, and the birds and mammals that treat a garden as a larder. Search by the damage you can see, or leaf through by how each one makes its living; every entry opens with how to know it, where it came from, what to do now, and who will hunt it for you.
13 creatures in the roll
Birds Aves Bird or mammal Serious Cats Felis catus Bird or mammal Disfiguring Chipmunks Tamias striatus & Neotamias spp. Bird or mammal Disfiguring Deer Cervidae Bird or mammal Serious Groundhog Marmota monax Bird or mammal Ruinous Mice & voles Apodemus & Microtus spp. Bird or mammal Serious Moles Scalopus aquaticus & Scapanus spp. Bird or mammal Disfiguring Opossums Didelphis virginiana Bird or mammal Disfiguring Pocket gophers Thomomys and Geomys spp. Bird or mammal Ruinous Rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus Bird or mammal Serious Raccoons Procyon lotor Bird or mammal Serious Skunks Mephitis mephitis Bird or mammal Disfiguring Squirrels Sciurus carolinensis Bird or mammal Serious