Gardening Friends - Quiz about Creatures to Welcome to Your Garden

Gardening Quiz - Friends and Foes - Friends (Questions)

Not all wildlife is a problem. This quiz explores “garden friends” that support healthy plants, from natural predators to pollinators, and how to encourage them safely.

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Fascinating Fact:

Birds can help control pests by feeding on caterpillars and larvae, especially in spring. Nesting sites and fresh water can increase visits.

In gardening, “friends” are living things that help your garden work better, for example by eating pests, pollinating flowers, or breaking down dead material into soil. Ladybirds and lacewings eat aphids, hoverflies pollinate blooms and their larvae can also hunt pests, and worms improve soil structure. You can attract helpful wildlife by growing a mix of plants that flower at different times, providing shelter, and avoiding broad-spectrum pesticides that harm beneficial insects as well as pests. A balanced garden usually has fewer outbreaks because natural predators keep numbers in check.

Key Terms

Beneficial insect: An insect that helps the garden, for example by pollinating plants or eating pests.
Predator: An animal or insect that hunts and eats another, such as a ladybird eating aphids.
Pollination: When pollen is moved between flowers so a plant can make seeds and fruit.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are garden “friends” in gardening?

Garden “friends” are helpful wildlife like pollinators and natural predators that support plant health, improve soil, and reduce pest problems without chemicals.

How can I attract beneficial insects to my garden?

Grow nectar-rich flowers, include a mix of plants that bloom across the seasons, provide shelter like dense planting, and avoid using broad pesticides that can kill helpful insects.

What is the safest way to encourage birds in the garden?

Offer clean water and suitable food in moderation, keep feeders hygienic, and provide safe cover. Avoid placing feeders where cats can easily ambush visiting birds.

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Which family does the robin belong to?

[ ]	Finches
[ ]	Thrushes
[ ]	Tits
[ ]	Pipits

How many different types of ladybirds (Coccinellidae) have been recorded throughout the world?

[ ]	Less than 100
[ ]	Between 100 and 1,000
[ ]	Between 1,000 and 5,000
[ ]	Over 5,000

Why was there a concerted effort to eradicate hedgehogs from some Scottish islands?

[ ]	People were treading on them
[ ]	They were eating birds eggs
[ ]	They encourage fleas
[ ]	They trample crops

Lacewings have a reputation for eating aphids and you can buy them to release in your garden. How much do they cost?

[ ]	About £25.00 per 10
[ ]	About £25.00 per 100
[ ]	About £25.00 per 500
[ ]	About £25.00 per 1,000

Toadspawn is characterized by being found how?

[ ]	A round mass of eggs
[ ]	A string of eggs
[ ]	Individual eggs
[ ]	On water lily flowers

What percentage of drone wasps survive the winter?

[ ]	Zero
[ ]	Between 1% and 5%
[ ]	Between 6% and 50%
[ ]	Over 50%

How do frogs breathe?

[ ]	Through gills
[ ]	Only through lungs
[ ]	Only through their skin
[ ]	Through both lungs and their skin

What will make a worker bee develop into a fertile queen?

[ ]	Smothering with royal jelly
[ ]	Feeding with royal jelly
[ ]	Hitting with royal jelly
[ ]	Removing royal jelly

A threat to the UK earthworm population comes from a recently introduced species of worm - what is its name?

[ ]	New Zealand Flatworm
[ ]	New Zealand Roundworm
[ ]	Australian Flatworm
[ ]	Australian Roundworm

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What causes the UK population of wrens to suddenly plummet.

[ ]	Very hot summers
[ ]	Very humid autumns
[ ]	Very cold winters
[ ]	Very rainy springs

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