Did you know that frogs tend to lay their eggs in masses, while toads tend to lay them in long chains? This photo, by 2010 classmate Scott MacKinnon, taken at Sleepy Creek on March 12th, shows a typical mass of frog eggs. It takes anywhere between 6-21 days for the eggs to hatch, after being fertilized. Scott said he visited the small pond again just this week and most of the frogs have hatched and are now little pollywogs.
Here's a link I found on the Wisconsin DNR site to help you identify frog spawn that you find this Spring. Click here.
Thanks Scott!
