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Jelly Blobs In Pond
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On the oxygenating weed in my pond there are clear jelly like blobs - what could these be ?
Also there are little leeches in the pond - would these be harmful to frogs ?
Also there are little leeches in the pond - would these be harmful to frogs ?
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Okay everyone - I will explain more, I don't have any fish, I don't have any frogs - the reason I mentioned frogs is because whenever I have had any they disappear within a couple of days never to be seen again [have sometimes found a dead one in garden but assumed foxes or cats have got them].
The jelly blobs don't have any 'eye' like in spawn - they are just clear and not attached in batches but at random along the plant.
The leeches are quite small and a sort of muddy brownish colour but darker at the head end, I have tried putting one on my arm to see if it would suck my blood but it didn't.
The jelly blobs don't have any 'eye' like in spawn - they are just clear and not attached in batches but at random along the plant.
The leeches are quite small and a sort of muddy brownish colour but darker at the head end, I have tried putting one on my arm to see if it would suck my blood but it didn't.
Hi Foxhaven, just a couple of questions, I hope that may help : Are the jelly-like blobs round or elongated ? If they are sausage shaped, they could be jelly that protects snails eggs, as I suspected.
As far as I can tell, leeches appear to be attracted to warm blooded mammals and birds.
Do the 'leach-like' things, expand and contract, in length ?
As far as I can tell, leeches appear to be attracted to warm blooded mammals and birds.
Do the 'leach-like' things, expand and contract, in length ?
The blobs are round about the size of a baked bean - I wanted to know what they are as I'm not sure if I should remove them or just leave them be.
The leeches 'stick' at one end then sort of slurp along to that end [the head?] then do it again to get along. There are lots of little black dots on the underside of the rocks that look like leech eggs [according to Google]
I don't understand what they can be feeding on.
The leeches 'stick' at one end then sort of slurp along to that end [the head?] then do it again to get along. There are lots of little black dots on the underside of the rocks that look like leech eggs [according to Google]
I don't understand what they can be feeding on.
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