Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — Toad in the Garden Destroys Many Insects During the Day [ARTICLE]

Toad in the Garden Destroys Many Insects During the Day

The toad is useful because of its diet. No less than 83 species of insects, mostly injurious, have been proved to enter into Its dietary. In his “Civic Biology” George W. Hunter says: A toad has been observed to snap up 128 flies in half an hour. Thus at a low estimate it could easily destroy a thousand insects during a day and do an Immense service to the garden during the summer. It has been estimated by Kirkland that a single toad may, on account of the cutworms which it kills, be worth $19.88 each season it Ilves, if the damage done by each cutworm be estimated at only one cent. Toads also feed upon slugs and other garden pests.—Popular Science Monthly-