What eats toad tadpoles?
so238 wrote:
Dr Engelbert Buxbaum wrote:
surewest wrote:
Dragonfly larva also find them palatable from what I have heard.
Yes. And water beetles (the big ones with yellow rim), both larvae and
adults.
So toad toxins don't affect insects, only certain animals including
vertebrates?
Off hand I have no idea how toxic tadpoles are. Some adult frogs produce
toxins in the slime covering their skin but as to how toxic frog meat is
I guess you have to ask a French ;-)
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