Frog Spawn and Newts (Photo Special)

By Words | Published March 12, 2012

It's that time of year when I spend much of the evening crouched down by the side of the garden pond watching the newts feast on the abundant supply of frog spawn.

The spawn is developing nicely (this from Sunday night).

The newts are lively.

And together they create a fascinating spectacle as the newts play 'hunt the spawn'.


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens and Canon 430EX flash unit.

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8 Comments

  1. derWandersmann March 13, 2012 at 12:03 am #

    Interesting shots, Words … watching the cleanup crew keep the frog population from becoming a nuisance.
    It looks like you're going to have a fine crop of duckweed.

  2. Dudley March 13, 2012 at 1:03 am #

    :up: :up:

  3. gdare March 13, 2012 at 3:03 pm #

    A plenty of food around :chef:

  4. Words March 16, 2012 at 7:03 pm #

    Darko, and when they feel like a change they can snack on damselfly nymphs (though they can put up a bit more of fight).

  5. Words March 16, 2012 at 7:03 pm #

    dW, the weed is the great success story of this particular pond, followed at some distance by the newts. The poor frogs have a rough time of it.

  6. Words March 16, 2012 at 7:03 pm #

    Andy, thanks!

  7. SittingFox March 19, 2012 at 5:03 pm #

    Hunter and prey – a miniature and aquatic Serengeti!

  8. Words March 19, 2012 at 11:03 pm #

    Adele, watching the newts out hunting is one of my personal spring highlights. 🙂