Moldy looking tree frogs - Ask Extension
Hello..Hopefully you can help or point me in the right direction. Recently I have found 3 tree frogs all looking as if their limbs are moldy or covere...
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Moldy looking tree frogs #874408
Asked June 24, 2024, 11:11 AM EDT
Hello..Hopefully you can help or point me in the right direction. Recently I have found 3 tree frogs all looking as if their limbs are moldy or covered in spider webs. 2 of the frogs were dead. A bug guy sprayed 1 week prior. He told me the active ingredient is lambda cyhalothrin and should not have caused this. Could this be true? Seems highly coincidental. 2 pics attached.
Chisago County Minnesota
Expert Response
Animal studies on this pesticide did not include frogs.
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/l_cyhalogen.pdf
There are other things that do kill frogs to consider. They are very dependent on water and if stuck/caught in areas without water they can become desiccated. There are also other animals that catch them for food, i.e., birds.
