A good food for tadpoles is organic lettuce
kept in the freezer. Break off a hunk and toss
to taddies. They love it!

Toads change quicker than frogs. Depends on the water temp and food available.


k30a

In , on 06/03/03
at 02:17 AM, ESPMER (K30a) said:


A good food for tadpoles is organic lettuce
kept in the freezer. Break off a hunk and toss
to taddies. They love it!

Toads change quicker than frogs. Depends on the water temp and food
available.

Dagnabbit, I'm still tadpoleless!


Alan

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"K30a" wrote in message
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A good food for tadpoles is organic lettuce
kept in the freezer. Break off a hunk and toss
to taddies. They love it!

Toads change quicker than frogs. Depends on the water temp
and food available.


k30a

Thanks for the advice & info. I'll try the lettuce
trick and see what they do.

Gail

So whats ya point

K30a wrote:
The difference between tadpoles and mosquito larvae~~~~

Tadpoles, after they first hatch, hang out on the sides of the pond,
on the sides of plants, plant baskets and anything else they can be
next to. The difference between tadpoles and mosquito larvae is that
the mosquito larva must be at the water's surface. They will not rest
anywhere below the water's surface like tadpoles do.

When disturbed the mosquito larva wriggle away rapidly and go down
further into the pond. But they must come back up to the surface as
this is where they get their oxygen.

Tadpoles will swim away but stay down in the pond, they have gills
and do not need to come to the surface to breath. Newly hatched they
are working on their yolk sack for nurishment so they stay fairly
quiet. Later they will come to the surface for some of their feeding.

And, of course, tadpoles turn into frogs or toads and mosquitoes make
the headlines! A case of West Nile has been announced here in SE WA.
wah!!!!


k30a

Gail Futoran wrote:

I know what mosquito larvae looks like,

I thought I did but there is a stage before they get ugly when they look
like very tiny tadpoles

Essjay wrote So whats ya point

About what?

"Essjay001" wrote in message
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Gail Futoran wrote:

I know what mosquito larvae looks like,

I thought I did but there is a stage before they get ugly
when they look
like very tiny tadpoles

Righto. I _know_ what mosquito larvae look
like, alive or dead. I much prefer them dead.
What I have in my pond, based on shape and
behavior, is a whole sh*tload of tadpoles.
If you don't believe me, feel free to visit. I
love sharing my pond with others.

Gail
San Antonio TX

Gail Futoran wrote:
Righto. I _know_ what mosquito larvae look
like, alive or dead. I much prefer them dead.
What I have in my pond, based on shape and
behavior, is a whole sh*tload of tadpoles.
If you don't believe me, feel free to visit. I
love sharing my pond with others.

Given your description little black "pinheads" with thin little tails it is
easy to get misunderstand, but then you are in America. I have gazillions of
"little black pinheads with thin little tails in my second pond every year
that behave like exactly like frog/toad tadpoles and not one frog/toad
emerges, but shortly after gazillions of M.larvae and then the Ms. I have
inspected them under a magnifying glass and to all intents and purposes they
are tadpoles for a short while. They have even appeared in a bucket of water
that no frog could have got into. Of course it could be that American
pinheads are bigger than our pinheads (everything else is).

I am glad you have tadpoles, now you will be infested with frogs.

"Essjay001" wrote
[snip]
I am glad you have tadpoles, now you will be infested with
frogs.

Or toads. Most of them won't survive; I
was simply hoping to add a bit to the stock
locally. We lose so much wildlife around here
due to fire ants it's nice to help replenish some
species.

Gail
San Antonio TX

On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:06:38 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote:

Or toads. Most of them won't survive; I
was simply hoping to add a bit to the stock
locally. We lose so much wildlife around here
due to fire ants it's nice to help replenish some
species.

Gail
San Antonio TX

Lose wildlife due to fire ants? What do you mean? I am also in Texas.

"jammer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:06:38 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote:

Or toads. Most of them won't survive; I
was simply hoping to add a bit to the stock
locally. We lose so much wildlife around here
due to fire ants it's nice to help replenish some
species.

Gail
San Antonio TX

Lose wildlife due to fire ants? What do you mean? I am
also in Texas.

Hmm, I did make that a strong assertion, didn't
I?

Here are some sites that have info. on imported
fireants:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/w...s/fireants.htm
http://agnews.tamu.edu/fireants/index.htm

I suppose the jury is still out, but until we have
really good research, I will assume fireants
"simplify the environment" and do my best to
contribute to a more diverse environment.

Besides, frogs & toads are a heckuva lot
cuter than a fire ant.

Gail