Frog Business
 

Well,this pictures are taken sometime ago.At night when i go near my nep plants something will be moving.I cant see it cause its dark but 1 day i manage to catch it on my hp camera.Guess what?Frogs?Few of them but manage to catch on the camera only one of them.I think they come to feed on the nep at night and day time they go hiding.They quickly dissapear if they saw any movement or light.

So do they feed from the pitcher or try to catch any mosquito which tries to lay egg in the pitcher?Any clues?So far i havent seen any mosquito larvae in my pitcher but i have seen few dead mosquitos.The neps are hanging around 1.5m high and that frog can really jump.Did the humidity or the water from the pitcher attracted the frogs?Try to catch some recently but they were just too fast but my dog did catch 2 frogs and ate them.Anybody had similar experiance?Anybody saw frogs with neps in the wild?

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...g/DSC00087.jpg


http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...g/DSC00088.jpg

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It looks so cute on your nep.

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I never experienced this before James but i think it wont harm your plant.

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Your plants will defitnitly not be harmed by it actually if the plants are lower i would be more afraid of the dog u have then the frogs.U mean your dog ate 2 frogs scary.........................Maybe you dog has mixed to much with cps that it became a carnivorous doggie instead of a omnivorous 1,lol jk

Ken

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Cute frog, bad dog ;)

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personally, i feel that frogs have a strong sense for insects. my sugar glider bowl containing mealworms at the uppermost part of the 6 foot cage was eaten up by a red color frog. i saw it with my own eyes. it quickly scrambled away when it noticed me.

dont mess, these fellas can climb walls. im not joking.

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I think most probably the frogs were trying to steal insects that were attracted to the pitchers. If so, it's a beautiful symbiosis between the nep and the frogs.

I have not seen frogs on my neps before but I have seen pictures of frogs in the pitchers in the wild, just sitting there waiting for an insect to drop in. There are also accounts of fresh water crabs going into the pitchers in the wild.

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I have this same kind of frog around my house. They don't do any damage to the plants and I find them all over the place, on walls, windows and plants. They really can jump, 1.5 meters is nothing for them! If you happen to be quick enough to catch them it still doesn't matter as their skin is so wet that they just slip right away anyway! I must have had 10 of them in my hands (momentarily!) but never managed to hold onto one. They have little sucker-pads on their feet and can stick to anything, even glass! Here's a couple shots of my guys, which I think look pretty much the same as yours;

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMGP9996.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...2008/frog1.jpg

I agree, the worst damage may come from your dog if he sees one moving on your plants!

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:smile: Ooo….This is the 1st time I see frog with Neps…hhaha.,.so cute…maybe he waiting the mosquito or flies that attract by the Neps…Haha..clever frog… :1thumbup:

:laugh: Hehhe!! Same to my dogs..my dogs also like catch the frogs and eat them..I want force them let the frog go…they just quickly run away and them eat the frog…Aii….my stupid dogs….:tongue:

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That's the asiatic common tree frog (Polypedates spp). They have the tendency to associate with human dwelling cos it is easier to find food. I have a few that hangs around my house; hanging on my tie that is left to dry, sharing the toilet so much so that to crap u gotta chase them out, on ur kitchen wall, bathcroom ceiling. Like malowie said, they can climb, after all, they are tree frogs. Their coloration can be variable, orange to yellow to brown, depending on environment and the species. Let them be, it shows u have a clean environment. Frogs don't like polluted areas, especially with chemicals in water

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I totally agree, if you have Tree frogs in your garden or around your house, you are lucky it means your area is very "healthy" as they do not want pollution, etc.

I have experienced frogs with nepenthes, the first time we had one, it was a Ventricosa which lived only 4 months or so (we didn't really know how to take care of them that time) but we saw a green tree frog take up residence INSIDE the pitcher. Yup! So cute, it used the pitcher as a home. When the nepenthes was about to die, the frog can't be found anymore, and haven't seen one since. Not sure if there is any documented accounts of frogs actually spawning in pitchers and tadpoles developing in them. That would be interesting.

Shawn, do you mean they are your pets? Or are they just growing wild around/outside your house? I am not too fond of frogs as pets, but as I said you are lucky that means your area is healthy.

TTFN
Arvin

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Glad many people having same situation as mine.My dog is tied nearby the shade which houses the neps,orchide&begonias.I think sometimes the frog accidently goes nearby the dog which eventually got eaten by it.My bro names my dog Hank but i named it Hungry Ghost.

Its good to know there is some relationship between those two.Hope the frog "pupu" goes inside the pitcher to give some nutriens.:2thumbup:

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You even gave a name to the frog??Whatla James!

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No i didnt name the frogs.Its the dog's name la.

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Aliam If you meant "pupu" I think he meant Frog droppings. It is interesting though that we also do use "pupu" here in the Philippines. My daughter always says she wants to "make pupu" in daddy's toilet.

If the frog makes "pupu and wee-wee" in the pitchers, maybe it might help the plant, but no scientific study there yet I guess.

TTFN
Arvin

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Hi again,

No, not my pets but they are always around. Tonight as I walked up to the front door I looked down at a nep in a pot and noticed something different;

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...8/IMG_9478.jpg

Once you start looking for them they're everywhere!

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Hi shawn is that frog on your N miranda just making a guess by looking at its leaves

Ken

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Man, do I know who to go to for an ID next time! Yep, you got it! :1thumbup:

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Oh the tree frogs are so cute!!!! :wub: You guys are lucky to have them around.

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Hi Shawn

I guess its just a lucky guess i'm really not good at iding neps at all hahhaha

Ken

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Nice shot there man.Wonder how the frog sat still there until you take the picture?

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nice tree frog. This was one genus i like taking their photos - their wide padded feet:1thumbup: