It's only loved if there is hope of it turning into a prince. Well, there's good news. Don't think of the lowly toad as an unwanted guest. If you invite a toad to dinner, it will eat the things you most want to get rid of- slugs and mosquitoes are among its favorite meals.
Toads eat insects and invertebrates.
They spend summer days under a rock or something similar. You can provide your toads with a broken flower pot or several stones under which they can burrow. Although they live on dry land, they have to have water in which to breed. In the pond these guys will eat mosquito larva and other bugs that frequent the area. The tadpoles will nibble on the algae that coats the sides of your pond.