Thursday, May 28, 2009

TOADS!

Remember all those little tadpoles we had swimming around in the pond? Well, they have sprouted legs! Look how cute they are!



These little guys are so cute peppered all over the pond plants. They are TINY.

We also had a mass hatching of these:


These are Mayflies. The larvae can last for up to a year but once they hatch they can live anywhere from 30 minutes to 48 hours. These are also what is known as an "indicator species" and only hatch out of very clean water. Frogs are also an indicator species so I think we must have some pretty clean water around here! We have LOTS of frogs around our big pond but I would never be able to get a picture of them - they are too fast! I guess toads are just lazy. :)
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5 comments:

  1. Darcys Knotty KnitterMay 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    What pretty pictures so clear and the toads very cute:)Hugs Darcy

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  2. SaraMay 28, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    They are so cute!!!

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  3. turtlegirl76May 28, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    All I can think of it O Brother Where Art Thou?

    We thought you was a toad.

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  4. TurtleMay 28, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    wow B, animal planet in your yard!

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  5. HODGEPODGESPVMay 31, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    the question is, do the frogs like the flyers?

    o, bye the by, sometime last august, i blogged you...went back this year and prettied it up. i am now one of your followers.

    do you have a button i can put in my blog for others to find you? if you give me the code for it, i would like to enter it. i mean, if you can't advertise for people you like? well, you know what i mean! i have darcy's and sandrasingh's.

    i know you missed me and my pushiness and questions and stuff...i'm back now.

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