On 11 May 2004 01:47:58 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:


If not dragonfly nymphs then the
great diving beetle or water bug,
Either of those could take down a
three inch tadpole.
Bug would suck out tasty taddy
parts, beetle would chew it up.
Either one may have lost hold of
its prey. And they fly and
may have arrived at your pond via
air freight.




kathy :-)
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Hmmmm, very interesting!

Found another one this morning, only this one didn't have all the
white stuff on it. No visible damage or cause of death.

I did notice one yesterday evening that was having trouble (today's
dead one I guess), and was being harassed by a goldfish. Tried to
catch it so I could put it in my bog pond to see if that would help
it, but it went deep and I never saw it again.

While typing this I looked out the window and spotted yet another one.
They seem to start dropping when I feed the fish. I wonder if the fish
food could be contaminated in some way that is killing tads but not
bothering the fish.

Hmmmm, very frustrating!

Mike Patterson
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