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Peepers
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What is the ecological niche of the northern spring peeper?
Niche: Adults feed on gnats, flies, mites, and ants and are prey for watersnakes and larger frogs. Tadpoles feed on algae and decaying aquatic plants ...
What do spring peepers eat?
Adult spring peepers come out to feed in the late afternoon and early evening, while subadults feed in the early morning to late afternoon. They gener...
What is the main predator for spring peepers?
Snakes, salamanders, large carnivorous insects, raptors, and other birds prey on adult spring peepers. Tadpoles are eaten by aquatic invertebrates and...
What is the Spring Peeper's habitat?
They live in moist, wooded areas, fields, and grassy lowlands near ponds and wetlands. Spring peepers hibernate during the winter in soft mud near pon...
What is the Spring Peeper's call?
The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. They are so called because ...
How does a spring peeper find a mate?
Spring peepers are known for the males' mating call—a high-pitched whistling or peeping sound repeated about 20 times a minute. However, the faster an...
Why do spring peepers only call in the spring?
Why Do Peepers Peep? That nightly chorus that you hear on warm spring nights is actually a spring peeper mating ritual. The males of this species are ...