
Lithobates palustris – Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris – Pickerel Frog
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One of my garden buddies. π
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A fine looking amphibian Eliza…and did you know the Pickerel frog is the only poisonous frog native to North America? Only mildly irritating to humans but deadly for many other amphibians and frog eating snakes. I didn’t know that before you intrigued me and I looked it up.
I didn’t know that, so thanks for the lesson, Frank. Although I wasn’t planning on eating him/her. π
Under the basil umbrella. π
Oh, funny, that’s what I thought! π
Cute:)
Basil makes a decent umbrella. π
Well hello there!!
That’s exactly what I said! π
It’s wonderful to have Garden Buddies! Toads, Frogs, Birds, Butterflies…..especially “Hummies” who love to buzz us. They “get to know us” & must approve our being among their food fest!
I hope they don’t mind our sharing their space. π After I took this photo, I found a grasshopper munching my potato plants, which I caught and gave to this guy. S/he was thrilled! The grasshopper, not so much. π
The food chain πΆ That was a big, tasty, crunchy meal. π
S/he seemed quite happy with it! π
Handsome specimen!
Indeed! Good bug-eating buddy!
Aww so cute!! β€
π Isn’t he/she?
Oh, he is so gorgeous, Eliza. We can hear frogs croaking in our garden south of Adelaide in the winter, but we can never see them. I do love the sound of them, though. It is a sound I associate with still, cloudy, winter mornings, a sound that makes me feel at home in my garden.
Thank you, Rebecca. I like your memories of frogs in your garden. So they must hibernate/lay low in your summer? In our winter, these guys sleep in the mud under the frozen water!
These are great, particularly the undercover frogπ
A little surprise for me while I was hunting for slugs in the garden (sadly, something I have to do nightly). He seemed to be conferring with a little orange eft which, unfortunately, had started to move off before I could fetch my camera. I swear the two of them were having a ‘conversation!’ π
We’ve been hearing lots of different frogs here lately – but I never see them!
This one apparently makes a low snoring sound. π I mostly hear toads trilling.
That’s the general background noise here these days as well come the evening.
;-D
What a prince!! By the way, do the slugs have to be killed?
While I don’t enjoy the process, yes, there are just TOO many of them and they are so destructive in the garden. There are thousands of them in the lawn and woods that escape my hand, so they do alright so long as they steer clear of my designated space (says the evil queen… π )
What do you do with them though? I recognize that you as well as others have beautiful gardens, and that these slugs stand in the way. However, I am curious as to what do you do with them?
Oh dear, you would ask. π¦ A small cup with salt in the bottom, toss them in, they die – the next morning I dump them in the field. They return to the earth, the end.
I know it’s annoying to perhaps even say it. Can’t they be relocated to a lake or pond? From what I read slugs are scavengers and cleansers (yes, I know, hard to believe ) of the environment. Their timing is what seems so be so wrong for us humans. They should be doing the cleansing when the flowers are gone, but they come at the wrong time. Oh Homo sapiens!!!
These are terrestrial, so they would drown in a pond. Yes, I’ve noticed that the large ones do scavenge if there is freshly dead, or dying foliage. But if there is not that to consume, they and another smaller species, as well as the snails, go for the tender tasty stuff like flower petals!
It would be impossible to relocate them because as soon as they get in a container, they proceed to climb out …. onto my hand – arrrghh! Gross!
This is really interesting:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1902175131?vs=1
This is the author, looks interesting:
https://allanshepherd.com/books/the-little-book-of-slugs/
Thanks – it does look interesting so I just ordered it from Amazon. Who knows, I might find some brilliant wisdom in there! π
Aw! Sadly, I haven’t seen frogs locally in more years than I can count, although lizards I have in abundance. Maybe they establish territorial boundaries.
I expect it is too dry for frogs in your neck of the woods. Lizards fulfill the same role in the garden, however.
Little buddy! We have them at the little house in the big woods, too.
:0[ Reedeep!
So cute…and what a powerful totem to encounter π
Thanks for the reminder, Kim. I often forget to look at these gentle signs and gifts. Cleansing, healing, transitioning…hmmm, it fits. π
Yes! Animal totems tell us exactly what we need to know in that moment.
Good wisdom!
An almost invisible beauty!
Thanks, Dor. Well camouflaged, for sure!
Oh, you have frogs who are green & moist. π We have lizards who are brown & dry. π¦ The 2 corners of the country…
Land of contrasts. π
Peek-a-boo:) How sweet.
IKR? π
Cute! Hello little froggie! π
I was pleased to come upon this little friend in the garden! π
He’s a cute chap Eliza
I quite agree, a little garden prince!
Pickerel frog! Does he or she like Pickerel plants? If so I have to look at the lake!
Not sure how it got its name. Maybe its coloring? Like a pickerel fish? Who knows, but it does spend a fair amount of time away from water hunting for food.
Maybe I’ll find one in my garden at home! And now I won’t mistake it for a Leopard Frog because it has square spots.
Way cool, Eliza!!! π β€
Thank you, Amy. π
Awww – too cute.
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How cute! I love finding little friends in the garden. I suspect I miss many of them because they are so good at hiding. Great capture, Eliza. π
Thank you, Robin. This has been a good year for pickerel frogs for some reason. π
What a happy camper! Glad you found him and got his portrait π Little ones know they are safe in your garden β€ β€ β€
Well, not ALL little ones… hehe!