Rooftop Friends or Foes

Meet the tiny allies and hidden threats of a rooftop garden. Explore beneficial insects, pests, predators, and rooftop ecology.

Friends and Foes

Who’s crawling around your rooftop today — a helpful hunter or a tiny troublemaker? Up here, the wind is wild, the pots are small, and every insect arrival feels like a plot twist. Rooftop Friends or Foes shines a spotlight on the characters of this miniature wild world: the guardians, the mischief-makers, and the mysterious little beings you didn’t know you were hosting.
Discover who deserves a warm welcome… and who needs an eviction notice.

Rooftop Episyrphus balteatus Terraço

Rooftop Friends and Foes

The Watchful False Widow – Steatoda nobilis

while patrolling the rooftop, I noticed a small glint running upside down on an almost invisible thread — a rounded...

An Assassin on the Rooftop: Zelus renardii, the Silent Immigrant

during my daily inspection, I came across a small, slender alien on my lime tree — greenish-red, long-legged, and still...

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