What is the natural enemy of bullfrog?

There are many bullfrog farmers who care about bullfrog's natural enemies. To ensure its growth. So what are the natural enemies of bullfrogs? Let's take a look.

I. Egg stage enemy damage

The main enemies of frog eggs are fish, miscellaneous frogs and aquatic invertebrates. Among them, Cyclops is small, difficult to find and harmful. It mainly bites frog eggs and newly hatched tadpoles in the water, but the tadpoles feed on Cyclops after growing for a week, which is the high quality bait for tadpoles. Therefore, Cyclops in spawning and hatching ponds should be strictly controlled.

Second, the main enemies of bullfrogs in the tadpole period.

There are also many enemies when bullfrogs enter the tadpole stage, including all kinds of fish, turtles, bird leeches and aquatic insects. Among them, there are a large number of aquatic insects, which often enter the culture pond with irrigation or putting aquatic plants and natural bait, which do great harm to tadpoles. The most common ones are dragon lice, water turtles, negative bugs, rowing bugs, dragonflies and so on. Dragon lice, commonly known as water centipede, both adults and larvae feed on tadpoles, and one larva can hurt 20-30 tadpoles a day and night; water turtles are commonly known as tooth worms, and both they and paddle bugs belong to Hemiptera insects. Most of them pierce into the tadpoles with piercing mouthparts of nymphs and adults to suck bullfrog tadpoles; dragonfly larvae, also known as water bugs, often kill tadpoles from the abdomen.

III. Common enemies in frog period

When stocked in the wild, there are many natural enemies, and the main enemies of young frogs and adult frogs are many kinds of vertebrates. Common are carnivorous fish such as mullet, snakes, turtles, rodents, otters, weasels and wild ducks. Some large frogs can also prey on young bullfrogs. When building ponds in the courtyard, snakes and rats are the most harmful to frogs.

When raising bullfrogs, we need to pay attention to their natural enemies so as not to affect their growth. It is best to set up an isolation network to prevent the entry of natural enemies.