Eddie,
Funny you should bring this up. I ran into someone near my vernal pool today who told me he has some egg masses on his pool cover the past couple of years. He has moved them into a small kids pool and leaves them there. I did not get details, but maybe with a bunch of leaves in the bottom the bugs will land and they can grow up to move along. Until next year when they return to mate.
I'd be interested in updates on what you decide and how it works out.
Sophie
--- On Sun, 3/18/12, Eddie <emgiles62@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Eddie <emgiles62@comcast.net>
Subject: [vernalpool] RFI: Saving Wood Frog Eggs
To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 6:37 PM
A friend of mine contacted me today about the "frog pond" that sprang up
in his pool cover (inground pool). He snapped a picture showing a two
pairs of Wood Frogs in amplexus and a mass of frog eggs between them.
Upon further inspection he told me there are lots of egg masses around
the pool. He also revealed that he intends to open the pool either this
week or early next week. What are my options? Do I move them to
another location which I am told may spread disease or genetic defects?
Or do I just sit back and let the eggs get destroyed when his pool crew
shows up to open the pool? Although I understand the concerns with
introducing disease/bad genes, isn't it also possible that the diversity
of genetic material could strengthen a population?
Eddie
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Eddie Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles62@comcast.net
P.S. Wood Frogs quacking behind the house today around 3:00 PM...
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