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The only thing I could think of was that I put a plant in my container pond with frogs eggs in it. Only thing is I found a frog in a pint sized jar that had been full of daphnia. I was shocked! I look into these containers all the time to see how much daphnia I've got and never saw a tadpole. But yesterday I found an inch long stickleback in one. Granted this jar had some pretty serious greenwater in it and was larger- about a gallon....Now how on earth do frogs know there's water in a tall container they can't see into? Treefrogs I understand, but all these greenfrogs, bullfrogs, even occasional leopard frogs that appear suddenly in 12 to 16 inch tall above-ground tubs and pools, 1/4 mile or more from any other suitable habitat. Do leaves decaying in water have a distinct smell (different from decay in soil)? Or do they follow the dragonflies and mosquitoes?
Posted 20 September 2010 - 11:40 PM
Ah, the frogs in my containers appeared to be leopard frogs. The closest water to me is a small stream about 100 yards away.leopard frogs actually hunt away from water, so its not uncommon to find them far from water
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I have several small ponds set up in my yard initially for th epurpose of grwoing out fry. On my property I have ~1/4 acre pond full of bull and green frogs - there is MASS migration after and during rain events or anytime the grass is wet. When iwas raising fry in the ponds my and my beer would walk the yard every night with a red flash light, catch all the frogs I could and put them in the ditch accross the street from me. An endless cycle. Makes me want to get a cat....
It sucks because I have (had) plans to build another small pond (I am blessed and cursed with very clayey soils) that I wanted to populated with eastern spotted newts but there is no way they could compete with bull frogs. Can't sped every stinking night catching frogs after all.
Posted 07 October 2010 - 03:23 PM
put up a mesh fence around the pond to keep the frogs from migrating in?I have several small ponds set up in my yard initially for th epurpose of grwoing out fry. On my property I have ~1/4 acre pond full of bull and green frogs - there is MASS migration after and during rain events or anytime the grass is wet. When iwas raising fry in the ponds my and my beer would walk the yard every night with a red flash light, catch all the frogs I could and put them in the ditch accross the street from me. An endless cycle. Makes me want to get a cat....
It sucks because I have (had) plans to build another small pond (I am blessed and cursed with very clayey soils) that I wanted to populated with eastern spotted newts but there is no way they could compete with bull frogs. Can't sped every stinking night catching frogs after all.
Posted 07 October 2010 - 03:51 PM
...they had a pond that was overrun with frogs ...
Posted 08 October 2010 - 07:53 AM
This thread is making me think of the 1972 movie "Frogs" with Sam Elliott. One of the few movies that is actually on my bookshelf.
Posted 11 October 2010 - 12:10 PM
This thread is making me think of the 1972 movie "Frogs" with Sam Elliott. One of the few movies that is actually on my bookshelf.
Posted 11 October 2010 - 12:52 PM
What about "Night of the Lupus" ? The one with giant, mutant, man-eating bunny rabbits....
Posted 11 October 2010 - 10:33 PM
lol that reminded me of the killer rabbit off of monty python's holy grailWhat about "Night of the Lupus" ? The one with giant, mutant, man-eating bunny rabbits....
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