Rather than chase their prey, Gray Treefrogs sit and eat whatever comes by. They live and reproduce in ponds; they often sit in residential areas where it feeds on flying bugs or insects that are attracted to landscape lights.
7/27/2020
frog on echinacea
This Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor can change colors. Part of its Latin name is versicolor, meaning 'to turn color'. Any treefrog can appear as a mottled grayish green or solid green or gray or creamy white color, depending on where it is and whether it needs to be camouflaged. Today, this one was looking among the leaves and flowers of Echinacea for insects to eat. He was trying to hide by being green as the leaves of this plant.
Rather than chase their prey, Gray Treefrogs sit and eat whatever comes by. They live and reproduce in ponds; they often sit in residential areas where it feeds on flying bugs or insects that are attracted to landscape lights.
Rather than chase their prey, Gray Treefrogs sit and eat whatever comes by. They live and reproduce in ponds; they often sit in residential areas where it feeds on flying bugs or insects that are attracted to landscape lights.
