How long from the time that you see frog eggs until they leave the jellied
mass and swim as tadpoles, and how long until we see frogs?

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Joan wrote How long from the time that you see frog eggs until they leave
the jellied
mass and swim as tadpoles, and how long until we see frogs?

Much of it depends on the warmth of the water.
Take some inside in a jar and you can watch the beginning process. They go from
dots, to double dots, to commas, then they wiggle once in a while. After that
they swim away but stay very still as they are still absorbing their egg sack.
It helps if you have a magnifying glass to watch this.
You can put them back in the pond after that. They don't do as well in the
house as they do outside, they need those long days of sunshine.

From egg to swimming away takes about a week under normal conditions.
They get their legs, then their arms, then they absorb their tail. They will
spend time with their faces out of water but swim away when approached.
Once their tails are gone they will leave the pond unless they are bullfrogs,
then they will stay around. And if they are bullfrogs they will stay as
tadpoles until next spring. If you are far north some greenfrogs will also
winter over as tadpoles.

From egg to frog, roughly about 2 to 3 months.


kathy :-)
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Thanks Kathy----very good explanation.

Joan
"Ka30P" wrote in message
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Joan wrote How long from the time that you see frog eggs until they
leave
the jellied
mass and swim as tadpoles, and how long until we see frogs?

Much of it depends on the warmth of the water.
Take some inside in a jar and you can watch the beginning process. They go
from
dots, to double dots, to commas, then they wiggle once in a while. After
that
they swim away but stay very still as they are still absorbing their egg
sack.
It helps if you have a magnifying glass to watch this.
You can put them back in the pond after that. They don't do as well in the
house as they do outside, they need those long days of sunshine.

From egg to swimming away takes about a week under normal conditions.
They get their legs, then their arms, then they absorb their tail. They
will
spend time with their faces out of water but swim away when approached.
Once their tails are gone they will leave the pond unless they are
bullfrogs,
then they will stay around. And if they are bullfrogs they will stay as
tadpoles until next spring. If you are far north some greenfrogs will also
winter over as tadpoles.

From egg to frog, roughly about 2 to 3 months.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A