We had a guest in our house last night, a green treefrog. He was hanging out on our front door at night enjoying a feast of insects flying around the porch light at night. In North Carolina, green treefrogs are more common in the wetlands and swamps of the Costal Plain area. However, they are expanding into the Piedmont, and Greensboro is part of the Piedmont. This is the first one we have seen in our neighborhood. We have a lot of frogs, but they are darker and lack the bright white stripe.
These green insectivores love to eat flying insects and go to great lengths, hopping and jumping, to catch dinner. Mosquito? Check! Fly? Check! Cricket? Check! Yummy! The more the insect moves, the more the green treefrog works to eat it. What a show! Every time we see any frog in our yard, we are glad that we weed our patio by hand. Amphibians are very sensitive to chemicals. A little weeding (actually a LOT of weeding) is not only good exercise, it is good for the critters living around us. We hope you do things to make your neighborhood a good one for the ecosystem and that you have time to sit back and enjoy nature. The green treefrog's sound is described as queenk, queenk.* And so, "Queenk, Queenk," for reading our website today!
*Listen to his call, here.
Growing up here I used to see a lot of these but it has been a long time since I saw a tree frog 'round these parts. I thought they were all long gone.
Thanks for the memories.
Of course, if any were to touch the ground in my yard they'd end up chicken feed.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 10:44 AM
He looks quite distinctive.
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 07:48 PM