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Adult frogs may live in or near water, but few are fully aquatic. [159] Almost all frog species are carnivorous as adults, preying on invertebrates, including insects, crabs, spiders, mites, worms, snails, and slugs. A few of the larger ones may eat other frogs, small mammals and reptiles, and fish.
A Batrachomyia larva parasites a Litoria genimaculata frog. Though Chloropidae generally do not attack vertebrates directly, the larvae of the Australian frog flies, genus Batrachomyia, are exceptions. They cause myiasis in frogs. The parent fly, like most adult Chloropidae, feeds mainly on plant juices, but it lays its eggs near the frog.
Lucilia bufonivora is a member of the fly family Calliphoridae which are commonly known as blow flies. L. bufonivora is commonly referred to as a toadfly.The adult flies will typically feed on pollen and nectar of flowers, while the larvae are parasitoids that feed mainly on the living flesh of the common toad (Bufo bufo), leading to the toad's death, though they have been found as parasites ...
Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus, also known as Anaimalai flying frog, false Malabar gliding frog, [2] and false Malabar tree frog, [3] is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Anaimalai Hills , a part of the southern the Western Ghats in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, India .
Damselfly eating a Crane fly Adult damselflies catch and eat flies, mosquitoes, and other small insects. Often they hover among grasses and low vegetation, picking prey off stems and leaves with their spiny legs (unlike dragonflies which prefer catching flying prey).
The spring peeper is a tan or brown frog with a dark cross on its dorsa (thus the Latin name crucifer, meaning cross-bearer [7]), though sometimes the marking may be indistinct. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Dark lines can also be found between the eyes and in a crossband on the hindlimbs of P. crucifer . [ 10 ]
Male Rana temporaria calling in a garden pond in Jambes, Belgium. The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog or European brown frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as ...
Frog Bog is a 1982 [1] video game by Mattel Electronics for the Intellivision. An Atari 2600 conversion was released later that year as Frogs and Flies. [2] In both games, each player controls a frog sitting on a lily pad, attempting to eat more flies than the other. Frog Bog is similar to the 1978 Sega-Gremlin arcade game Frogs.