Fletching - since you found the need to post this twice - I'll post mine to make sure you see my response Fletching, based on your response I'm assuming you're a child (the retort "hows that for your slap in the face!" and horrid misspellings, well, I think that speaks for itself). As for answering your simple question - yes bullfrogs are native to your area, but you specifically stated that you BOUGHT the animal from a pet store. This fact ALONE supports my original statement - it is ILLEGAL to release pets into the wild. If you bought it, its a pet and its ILLEGAL to release it into your pond. I have a good number of friends and contacts in MI and your actions would fall under that category. Bullfrogs have a huge range throughout the United States and Canada, and you have no idea where that animal you bought in the pet store came from - do you REALLY think a bullfrog from Florida will do well in Michigan (or vice versa)? Also, by it being in the pet store, you have no idea what other animals it was exposed to or what pathogens it might be carrying that it could pass on to native populations of bullfrogs (dendrobatidus chytridmiosis or rana virus to name just a couple). Do you homework, have an open mind to listening to what others say even if it doesn't fit into your plans, and think about your actions before you take them. ~Mike

Slocum's water gardens used to be up the road from me, but they closed several years back. I did locate Mr Slocum but he doesn't have any. There is 1 other place that I might try... if not, I guess I'll have to wait and see if any show up on their own. I did have a leopard frog show up the same night that I installed the pond, but I haven't seen him in several days now. Thanks for the response...

I think expecting frogs to control mosquitos is kind of like expecting cats to control roaches... they might catch on one occassion, but in general the bugs are too small and numerous for the frogs to either pay them much attention or make much of an impact. From what I've read, the BIGGEST thing for adult mosquito control is dragonflies (which, unfortunately, the frogs are far more likely to eat, lol, but then the habitat that is inviting to the frogs is also inviting to the dragonflies, so I guess that's a tradeoff). Some say bats also catch mosquitos. I don't know... skeeters seem like a might tiny meal to me for anything much bigger than another bug or a small fish, which WILL eat one that lights on the water, and will, of course, eat all the larvae they can, assuming you have enough small fish to keep up with the larvae. At any rate, amphibians are VERY threatened in our modern environment, so I'd certainly encourage as many as I could... They're all gonna eat SOMETHING you don't want, even if some occassionally DO also eat things you also DO want. Let's just hope the dreaded CANE TOADS (Bufo marinus) don't make their way this far north... Mostly known as a pest species in Australia, they're also quite prevalent in South Florida, where they eat ALL the other frogs, and anything else they can (they get even bigger than bullfrogs). Like most toads, cane toads excrete poison from glands behind their eyes. But in the case of cane toads, it's quite toxic and has killed a good number of dogs and cats unfortunate enough to tangle with one of them. From what I understand, they're still limited to South Florida in the east coast, so I don't think they're any concern here, yet. If you ever see a really BIG, ugly toad, though (as big or bigger than a bullfrog) be wary. I don't know if they can survive in our colder climate, but that doesn't mean somebody won't bring one some with them some summer and let them loose, so it's always possible even if they're not winter hardy that we could encounter one in the warm weather, thanks for someone who thought they were "neat," or who had nefarious intentions akin to bioterrorism (I know that's a bit of a stretch, but then people can do some REALLY STRANGE THINGS). Our own bullfrogs, which are quite native east of the Mississippi, are NOT native out west, yet were imported out there at some point during this century by various people for whatever reason(s) (nobody seems to know the full story behind this). At any rate, they've gotten loose in the ecosystem in some west-coast areas and are decimating the local amphibians just about as badly as the cane toads do in South Florida. Things just DON'T BELONG out of place, in the wild. Happy Hoppin'! Jeff

I am down in Utah Valley so the only places I know are all down here. I would imagine along the Jordan River there are plenty of frogs, but not sure how easy they would be to catch. I was out a couple weeks ago and looked for frogs, but didn't see any frogs or tadpoles. This is the time of year when tadpoles should start showing up. I will look again soon and if I see some I can let you know.