big tadpoles died this morning

As a whole frogs and tadpoles are more sensitive to poor water conditions and
anything that may show up via wind drift, birdy business, runoff, etc.


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could there be something trying to eat the taddies, like dragonfly larvae and once
wounded they die and get fuzzed over? Ingrid

EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:


As a whole frogs and tadpoles are more sensitive to poor water conditions and
anything that may show up via wind drift, birdy business, runoff, etc.


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Dunno, would a dragonfly larva attack a tadpole 3 inches long?


On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:22:21 GMT, wrote:

could there be something trying to eat the taddies, like dragonfly larvae and once
wounded they die and get fuzzed over? Ingrid

(Ka30P) wrote:


As a whole frogs and tadpoles are more sensitive to poor water conditions and
anything that may show up via wind drift, birdy business, runoff, etc.


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If not dragonfly nymphs then the
great diving beetle or water bug,
Either of those could take down a
three inch tadpole.
Bug would suck out tasty taddy
parts, beetle would chew it up.
Either one may have lost hold of
its prey. And they fly and
may have arrived at your pond via
air freight.




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On 11 May 2004 01:47:58 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:


If not dragonfly nymphs then the
great diving beetle or water bug,
Either of those could take down a
three inch tadpole.
Bug would suck out tasty taddy
parts, beetle would chew it up.
Either one may have lost hold of
its prey. And they fly and
may have arrived at your pond via
air freight.




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Hmmmm, very interesting!

Found another one this morning, only this one didn't have all the
white stuff on it. No visible damage or cause of death.

I did notice one yesterday evening that was having trouble (today's
dead one I guess), and was being harassed by a goldfish. Tried to
catch it so I could put it in my bog pond to see if that would help
it, but it went deep and I never saw it again.

While typing this I looked out the window and spotted yet another one.
They seem to start dropping when I feed the fish. I wonder if the fish
food could be contaminated in some way that is killing tads but not
bothering the fish.

Hmmmm, very frustrating!

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Another consideration:

DEADLY DISEASE A disease might also cause the mutations. The disease is
carried and spread by a tiny worm.
The worm is a parasite, a plant or animal that lives off of other creatures. If
a worm enters a frog's body, it can give the disease to the frog. The disease
causes extra or missing limbs in the frog's young.
The disease-carrying worm seems to be spreading. As the worm moves into new
lakes and ponds, it brings the disease with it. That means more frogs can catch
it.
Frogs are not the only creatures that can catch the disease. Some other
amphibians, including toads and salamanders, can get it as well.


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