bedazzled Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi guys and Gals We collected some tadpoles for my sons kindy and the first one is now a frog, I have a good supply of Wingless fruit Flies, are these ok for the frog to eat to start with or do we need normal flies? The kindy won't be keeping them but they would like the children to be able to watch them for a little while so they can see how they eat etc and they will then be getting put back in to my parents pond that they came out of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake kid Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 wingless fruit flys are fine if any thing for juveniles normal flys are to big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks snake kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 What sort of frogs are they? fruitflies will be OK for whistlers but a bit small for the others. If they can eat each other they don't have a problem with a blowfly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Locusts, crickets, slaters and other hard shelled insects are better than flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 lol I was hoping like heck that no one was going to ask what sort of frogs they are :lol: They are the green ones that are very common in ponds etc lol that is all I know and yes the males croak Great idea with the slaters lol the children can go on a slater hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 They are probably Southern bells, green and golds have a gold line along the side of the body and going through the eye (they are not found further south than Gisbourne. They would eat a fully grown locust and they are about as big as a praying mantis. Good idea to send the kids out to catch insects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 They are probably Southern bells, green and golds have a gold line along the side of the body and going through the eye (they are not found further south than Gisbourne. They would eat a fully grown locust and they are about as big as a praying mantis. Good idea to send the kids out to catch insects. They are still really dark, like they still have their tadpole colours, I will check them out when they change colour and see which ones they are. What ever they are, my parents have a pond about 20 metres round full of them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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