Hello Hippie,

Has there been any fluroide added to the water in your area? Fluoride is poison and is a by product of fecal fertilisers (this is why it shouldn't be added to the water supply). I only drink purified or filtered living water because of this issue.

There is also the problem of ammonia nitride from fertilisers making water hazardous and too much of it will rot trees from the inside out until they just die; this has happened all around a particular farming area near here where I live.

The mozzie problem is probably because the frogs and toads are no longer there to feed on them. I remember reading in Mandies post I think it was that they have cycles, this is true and when there is a lack of water or water is poisoned they stave off breeding cycles too.

They could also have found a more suitable place to breed...though I think your place sounds perfect.

Many years ago I read an almanac type book that foretold of this happening for years after that I would spend hours in the brooks and water courses to make sure the frogs were there...until the avoidant overtook the obsessive (now they have even power lol). We only need to worry when the butterflies stop breeding and the birds go away...but isn't it terribly sad that this has happened at all?

Maybe trying to find some spawn in another area and relocating it to your place might help? There's always boys who love looking for and collecting frog spawn....

Keep us posted on what happens there, this is really interesting,

Rhiannon