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Sun, Apr 17, 11 at 22:47
| I found at least 50 of these in my pond form. They look almost like slugs - clear, jelly-like, they leave wiggly trails that you can see in the picture here.. but I didn't think slugs could live underwater..? I don't think they are leeches as there is nowhere around my area that has them..
I never had these in the pond until last year when we had a bullfrog take up residence with all his lady friends.. I'm not sure if it could be something that the frog carried in and introduced into the water maybe? The pondform is roughly 3 1/2ft x 2 1/2ft. Not too big. Not too little. I do have a pump that aerates it with a small fountain. Just curious if anyone else has anything like these and are they something I should leave alone or do I need to clean them out? Thanks so much!
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Here is a link that might be useful: Creepy Crawlies
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- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 7:38
| LOL! Those are toad eggs!! |
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- Posted by sassybutterfly_2008 7 NorthWest GA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 7:47
| That's what I'd thought at first.. but they never floated at the top like the frog eggs did at my old house.. and there isn't a dark center like what I've seen before either..and I definitely never saw any previous frog eggs actually hang onto the sides and CRAWL like drunken sailors in loops and twists all over the sides either.. So you really think it's frog/toad eggs? huh. who knew? :) |
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- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 8:51
| Its not frog eggs, they are toad eggs. Toads lay eggs in long strands like that and frogs lay eggs in in a fill-in circle, close together. I have them all through my stocktank pond. I'm in Indiana and you're in Georgia, so I might not be aware of how your specific frogs lay eggs, but in Indiana those are definitely toad eggs. Have you heard alot of singing from your pond recently? My toads went crazy last week when it was warmer and laid hundreds if not thousands of those eggs. You'll have alot of tadpoles for awhile, but they seem to disappear drastically and you might just be left with a few. |
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- Posted by sassybutterfly_2008 7 NorthWest GA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 9:43
| Ok..lol I just have never experienced eggs that are stuck to the sides like a suction cup. They were always free floating or in the base of a pond plant or something, stringy and floating. These are stuck on the sides and they crawl around, you can see the curvy tracks on the pics of where they've crawled zig-zag like. Maybe it's a new species! lol Thanks catherinet! |
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| Those are toad eggs. I have lots of them each year. Haven't been any frogs eggs yet, but did spot a leopard frog in the pond today. Crossing my fingers. Here are my toad eggs from last summers pond.
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