Dumpy
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I found another dead frog on my pool deck today. That makes six or seven since May. They are really tiny--they probably hatched this spring. They may be toads and not frogs; I can't really tell because they are just so tiny; they are about as big as the tip of my finger. It is really frustrating--the pool deck is screened in, so I feel kind of responsible for everything that lives inside it (there are a couple of large plant beds which support at least a dozen lizards as well). I think the eggs may have been brought in with the dirt when the pool deck was built. They come out of the ground when it rains, and then I think they die the next day from the heat when they can't figure out how to get back to the garden area. I think the frogs/toads eat the ants and other insects, so they are good to have around. What made this one particularly furstrating is that I saw him hopping around yesterday afternoon, but since it was pouring, and he had gone underneath an overhang where it was dry, I let him be.
Maybe Luke has some suggestions . . .
Maybe Luke has some suggestions . . .