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Leopard Frogs in Arizona
I am in the Mesa / Phoenix area and am looking for a good local source
of Leopard Frogs. We are overun with crickets (again) this year and I thought they'd be a good natural control. I've resisted frogs in the pond but now that we are in our fourth year and "swimming" in fry I really don't care if they eat the entire batch! Anyone? |
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Leopard Frogs in Arizona
Leopard frogs will eat the crickets but not the fry. Bullfrogs eat fish but are
not native west of the Rockies and wildlife biologists would like to eradicate them completely. This looks like a good page for Arizona amphibians http://www.reptilesofaz.com/herp-amphibians.html Your best bet would be to collect some frog or toad spawn and transfer it to your pond. Toads would be better than frogs as it is less likely that your fish would eat them up. The safest way to get frog and toad spawn is to join a koi/water garden group and transfer it from another pond. Collecting from the wild is, and will be getting, more and more difficult with concerns about endangered species and species of concern. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Leopard Frogs in Arizona
My rural property is full of leopard frogs, but then again, I am in Ottawa,
Ontario, thousands of miles from you. Scott "AZKalEl" wrote in message om... I am in the Mesa / Phoenix area and am looking for a good local source of Leopard Frogs. We are overun with crickets (again) this year and I thought they'd be a good natural control. I've resisted frogs in the pond but now that we are in our fourth year and "swimming" in fry I really don't care if they eat the entire batch! Anyone? |
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Leopard Frogs in Arizona
Well I don't really care if they eat the koi fry or not, there are too
many in the pond anyway! I'd rather frogs then toads, as I think the frogs will stay closer to the water and I don't need to worry about the dogs playing with them too much. I want to find a supply of grown up ones, taking spawn from the wild is like spinning the wheel, you don't know what you might get! |
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