Subject: Re: bird-seed pest alert!
Date: May 3 10:56:48 1996
From: Anna Coles - acoles at u.washington.edu


Hi, fellow tweetsters. I just sent Dennis Paulson an email about Steven's
and my experiences with the little moths and their ubiquitous larvae, but
I forgot to mention a guest who found the moths delicious--thought I'd
share with everyone:

While we were suffering the moth infestation, we found two little tree
frogs on our front porch (rural south Kitsap County near Olalla) so we
invited them into a vacant terrarium in our livingroom for a few hours.
Sorry I don't know the scientific name for the frogs. Anyway, Steven
caught a moth and put it into the terrarium; the smaller and more active
of the two frogs immediately went after the moth, catching it quickly and
devouring it enthusiastically. I wished I could figure out a way to have
the frogs as permanent residents of the house without taking away what
they needed of their natural environment and without stepping on or
otherwise crushing them. --Anna Coles, Seattle, WA
acoles at u.washington.edu