Is this toad in my fern garden hurting or helping anything?

A Little Closer ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden )






All Up In Its Face ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden )



Do y'all know if this little guy is hurting or helping my ferns? I have seen him or others like him every year for about 4 years, but he doesn't seem to be hurting anything.

 

What about them digging anything up?

 

I love to find toads in my garden! You are very lucky they found your garden

 

Yea, I like having them around and watching them navigate through my fern forest. I just wanted to be sure they weren't harming anything other then whatever might eat my plants.

 

I love every little frog in my yard and all the lizard in my yard too.You are lucky you have a toad.

 

Does one usually introduce it to the garden? I guess for me it is the case as they surely will not be jumping 4 levels high? Do they leave any smelly or hard to get rid of poo-poo? Sorry to be asking silly questions but living in the city is not so close to nature yet we love every bit of it.

 

Oh what a wonderful toad! What I would not do to have a few in my yard. Mine have all gone away and have not seen them in a few years now. The few we had would sometimes take a dip in the dogs' water dish, he would leave a few "surprises" behind.
You have a great camera FF22, nice close-ups, I noticed that also with the bug shots you posted.

 

The toads in my garden just kind of moved in. From what I've noticed, they don't leave anything smelly or any poo that doesn't quickly get turned into fertilizer. Thanks cuatro-gatos about the pictures. My camera broke :-? so unfortunately I wont be able to post any "new" pictures until I get a new one. I think you may have me confused with someone else with the bug pics.

 

Oooh sorry - you are right - that was GDane with the black and green bugs. I was confused after filing thru over 600 entries.

 

What a handsome fellow! I would love more of them big boys in my garden to eat the darn slugs that like my lupins and delphiniums.

 

I think he's very handsome too! No toads come to my garden, unfortunately.

 

Toads are good guys..
I have them too..I like to tease them..

 

He is pretty, but you have no idea how hard it was to get him to hold still for the picture. He just wanted to hop away.