Frog, referring to toad, is a general term for frogs by farmers' friends. Although the original intention of the proverb is to bully the small with the big, it is not difficult to see from this proverb that frogs like to eat meat and insects.
Here are four kinds of foods that can not only feed frogs, but also provide them with food for half a year.
In rural areas, the following four kinds of food can not only be fed to frogs, but also be supplied for about half a year.
First of all, earthworms
Earthworms:
There are a lot of earthworms in the fields in almost other seasons except winter. Earthworms like humidity, are not tolerant of drought and are afraid of waterlogging. Whenever the temperature rises in spring, earthworms can be dug everywhere in the fertile vegetable garden.
Earthworms should be the first choice if they are used to breed frogs. In the field, as long as there is an earthworm moving by the grass, it will quickly jump in front of the earthworm and swallow it, which shows how much frogs like to eat earthworms.
Second, grasshoppers
Grasshopper:
Grasshoppers, also known as locusts, grow and reproduce very fast. In the north of Guangxi, locusts mainly inhabit weeds beside grass crops in vegetable gardens, rice fields and hillsides.
Usually they hide in the grass, and when the seedlings of crops grow out, they begin to harm crops. Frogs are just masters at catching locusts. Generally speaking, from May to September every year, locusts are at the peak of the crop fields. During this time, frogs have nothing to eat, but there are too many grasshoppers to catch.
Third, most rice pests
Rice leaf roller, rice planthopper and rice planthopper;
Rice seedlings in rice fields are harmed by pests such as rice leaf roller, rice planthopper and rice planthopper every year. Due to the high temperature in summer and abundant water in the field, these pests are extremely suitable for growth and reproduction in rice fields, and rice will reproduce for more than four generations in one season.
This time is also the heyday of frog activities in the field, so from March to July, rice leaf roller, rice planthopper, rice planthopper and other pests are better food for feeding frogs.
Fourth, Tenebrio molitor
Tenebrio molitor:
Tenebrio molitor is an insect with high nutritional value, which frogs especially like to eat. Because it is farmed artificially, its economic value is relatively high. Although frogs prefer to eat, but the cost is too high, it is generally not recommended to feed frogs with Tenebrio molitor.
Summary: Frogs are omnivores, and meat and insects are their favorites. There are their favorite foods everywhere in the fields and mountains. Although their weight is not big, they can eat a lot.
In the case of limited living space and insufficient food, they will also prey on the same kind, so there is a folk proverb that "the big frog eats the little frog and the little frog eats the grasshopper".