Thanks Kathy----very good explanation.
Joan
"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> 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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