Comments on: Early frog spawn pictures

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:34:01 +0000

When do frogs lay eggs in Canada, in Toronto area? Its May 11, 2011. Is it too late or they are starting soon???

By: tracy sutton

tracy sutton — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:35:08 +0000

Just a quick question….Is this the same Beverley Bailey who used to live in Kings Norton Birmingham?

By: Jeremy Biggs

Jeremy Biggs — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:05:05 +0000

Hi Gaynelle

Well in the UK we have few problems with mosquitoes in garden ponds because usually as the ponds develop there are enough mosquito predators to keep numbers so low that they are not a problem.

I’ve only got a mobile phone internet link but when I get back on broadband I will see if the American Mosquito Control Association has anything useful to say about this.

Jeremy

By: maria

maria — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:09:16 +0000

hi all
i have frogs only about 6-7 but to my dismay the tadpoles are eating them??????????????? i have now removed them and put them in a seperate bowl hoope im doing the right thing, it has been amazin watching all winter as they change and seeing as we found them in my grandaughters plastic swimming pool was fantastic

By: Gaynelle

Gaynelle — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:04:27 +0000

I live in South Florida and have a garden fountain that has lots of tadpoles in the bowl. I am also having trouble with mosquitos. Is there a way to control for mosquitos without hurting the tadpoles?

By: Bev

Bev — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:09:07 +0000

Hi All,

As a child I used to raise tadpoles in a fish tank, with stones and wood. I used to feed them raw bacon, which they loved… they grew into froglets and I released them locally. I expect they also fed on algae growing on the furniture!

By: pete the pond

pete the pond — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:07:27 +0000

hi maria pete here
if you wish to clean out your paddling pool but want to make a great home for the tadpoles to turn into froglets
what you can do is dig a hole and put in a washing up bowl or a small tub
put a very small amount of mud into bottom fill with water add a rock or a peice log of wood
the tadpoles will feed on alge growing on sides of bowl once they start to grow and if in the mean time you wish to feed them a very thin slice of courgette works well too
ok hope this helps

By: maria

maria — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:41:30 +0000

Hi All
I am new to this and only found the site today but so excited when i did, i came across many 50 at least tadpoles by mistake, my grandaughter has a plastic paddleing pool that i have for her and left it out all winter now nice weather comeing i decieded to give it a good clean out for her and to my amazment it is alive with tadpoles?????????? in a mixture of sizes, what do i feed them ? how long before the turn into frogs ? and should i leave them or make a wild life pond ? ( which im really interested in doing )
many thanks maria

By: pete the pond

pete the pond — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:26:39 +0000

hi maggie i watch my snails going over my frog spawn even though i think they do take a munch or too out of the jelly i think they mainly are eatting at the alge on the jelly and i dont ever see any harm to the tadpoles from this though
as to your toads if you can build small log plies or clay pots with front cut out this helps to give the toads a safe place to sit and hunt from
do any of your niebours have ponds as this could be the breeding pond for the toads

By: Jeremy Biggs

Jeremy Biggs — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:12:27 +0000

Hi Maggie

You can send pictures to jbiggs@pondconservation.org.uk – I don’t think there’s a way to post them directly on Word Press blogs.

Jeremy