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maybe this is because i am no longer a kid and not spending as much time outside or due to location, but i can’t remember the last time i saw a frog, worm, toad

maybe this is because i am no longer a kid and not spending as much time outside or due to location, but i can’t remember the last time i saw a frog, worm, toad, or turtle in the wild.

Matticus_Rex 8y ago
I spend a lot of time outside and see all of them fairly regularly. Don't think the frequency has decreased.
mirimir 8y ago
I fled to the US in the mid 60s. And I drifted a lot. I remember walking country roads at night, in summer, and being unable to avoid stepping on frogs. It ain't like that now.
- jhallenworld 8y ago
  My parents took us on the "Vacation"-style cross country car trip (yes, in a station wagon) in 1978. I remember that nearly every motel pool had frogs in it.
  - drcross 8y ago
    As a kid, when my parents would drive us on long journeys the front of the car would be caked with dead insects and that doesn't happen anymore on long drives. Something drastic is happening.
    - bdamm 8y ago
      This entire spring so far I have encountered only a single bee. We have fruit trees in full bloom now (Oregon) but no bees to feast on the veritable smorgasbord of nectar. Now that is weird.
ams6110 8y ago
Toads and turtles are everwhere around my house in the summer (US Midwest). Hear frogs all night too. I accidentally ran over a turtle with my lawn mower last summer. Felt pretty bad about it and I really try to watch for them now.
- akimball 8y ago
  In my childhood regions, amphibians and reptiles were at least 4x in the 60s. They tend to be more tightly clustered now. The clusters are more distant from each other, and the spaces between more sparsely populated. Not in any danger of extinction just yet, at least for the common species. Perhaps many minor species are gone - I wouldn't be able to tell. Just about the only things to thrive have been feral cats, birds, bats, squirrels, mice, rabbits and deer. They are an absolute infestation.
merpnderp 8y ago
I can't keep the dang frogs and toads out of my pool. I almost never see them in my yard, but in the warmer months, I see them every single morning in my pool. I live in the US Mid West.
- BostonFern 8y ago
  Get a Frog Log. They're like pool ladders for frogs and insects.
sbov 8y ago
I live in SoCal and I see frogs and praying mantis around our front door a couple times per year.
matwood 8y ago
I live on a tidal marsh in the south east. In the spring time there are so many frogs outside that it is too loud to open the windows. I don't see many toads, but a lot of turtles live in the nearby pond along with a few gators.
scruple 8y ago
My folks in the midwest built a couple of ponds in their back yard a few years back. They had some frogs move in, from parts unknown, before they were even complete. Their population has remained small and steady and, while they do obviously make some noise, they're not a nuisance. I see worms and snails where I live in SoCal over the winter, spring, and early summer. When the rain stops, the marine layer keeps the grass and oftentimes sidewalks a little wet, which brings them out. They're never around when it starts to get really dry in the mid/late summer and through the fall. It's actually quite challenging to avoid them while walking on the sidewalks when we have rain. I'm not trying to dismiss what you're saying, because I've lived in places in SoCal and the south where I haven't seen these things, as well. I'm only adding my own anecdata to the pile. edit/ I meant to mention... When I lived along the central CA coast, we had a really large cohort of California Tiger Salamanders on our lot. It frightened me the first time that I saw one of them, I was convinced that it was a snake until I was able to relocate it. From then on, they were easy to spot. I'd reckon we had between 1 and 2 dozen of them year-round between the front and the back and our neighbors, that we spoke to, all had them, as well. Additionally, where I live today, we have _a lot_ of lizards and considerable insect life. We're close to the Santa Ana foothills on one side and a nature preserve on the other, and I'm sure that helps.
mark-r 8y ago
I see tree frogs on my deck every summer. My last sighting was in August, I know this because I took a couple of pictures. They do seem less plentiful than they were a few years ago though.
taneq 8y ago
I live near some wetlands and any time it rains or is damp overnight we get frogs everywhere. I definitely don't see as many earthworms as I used to, though. Probably because (like you) I don't spend as much time outside.

maybe this is because i am no longer a kid and not spending as much time outside or due to location, but i can’t remember the last time i saw a frog, worm, toad, or turtle in the wild.

Matticus_Rex 8y ago

I spend a lot of time outside and see all of them fairly regularly. Don't think the frequency has decreased.

mirimir 8y ago

I fled to the US in the mid 60s. And I drifted a lot. I remember walking country roads at night, in summer, and being unable to avoid stepping on frogs. It ain't like that now.

jhallenworld 8y ago
My parents took us on the "Vacation"-style cross country car trip (yes, in a station wagon) in 1978. I remember that nearly every motel pool had frogs in it.
- drcross 8y ago
  As a kid, when my parents would drive us on long journeys the front of the car would be caked with dead insects and that doesn't happen anymore on long drives. Something drastic is happening.
  - bdamm 8y ago
    This entire spring so far I have encountered only a single bee. We have fruit trees in full bloom now (Oregon) but no bees to feast on the veritable smorgasbord of nectar. Now that is weird.

ams6110 8y ago

Toads and turtles are everwhere around my house in the summer (US Midwest). Hear frogs all night too. I accidentally ran over a turtle with my lawn mower last summer. Felt pretty bad about it and I really try to watch for them now.

akimball 8y ago
In my childhood regions, amphibians and reptiles were at least 4x in the 60s. They tend to be more tightly clustered now. The clusters are more distant from each other, and the spaces between more sparsely populated. Not in any danger of extinction just yet, at least for the common species. Perhaps many minor species are gone - I wouldn't be able to tell. Just about the only things to thrive have been feral cats, birds, bats, squirrels, mice, rabbits and deer. They are an absolute infestation.

merpnderp 8y ago

I can't keep the dang frogs and toads out of my pool. I almost never see them in my yard, but in the warmer months, I see them every single morning in my pool. I live in the US Mid West.

BostonFern 8y ago
Get a Frog Log. They're like pool ladders for frogs and insects.

sbov 8y ago

I live in SoCal and I see frogs and praying mantis around our front door a couple times per year.

matwood 8y ago

I live on a tidal marsh in the south east. In the spring time there are so many frogs outside that it is too loud to open the windows. I don't see many toads, but a lot of turtles live in the nearby pond along with a few gators.

scruple 8y ago

My folks in the midwest built a couple of ponds in their back yard a few years back. They had some frogs move in, from parts unknown, before they were even complete. Their population has remained small and steady and, while they do obviously make some noise, they're not a nuisance. I see worms and snails where I live in SoCal over the winter, spring, and early summer. When the rain stops, the marine layer keeps the grass and oftentimes sidewalks a little wet, which brings them out. They're never around when it starts to get really dry in the mid/late summer and through the fall. It's actually quite challenging to avoid them while walking on the sidewalks when we have rain. I'm not trying to dismiss what you're saying, because I've lived in places in SoCal and the south where I haven't seen these things, as well. I'm only adding my own anecdata to the pile. edit/ I meant to mention... When I lived along the central CA coast, we had a really large cohort of California Tiger Salamanders on our lot. It frightened me the first time that I saw one of them, I was convinced that it was a snake until I was able to relocate it. From then on, they were easy to spot. I'd reckon we had between 1 and 2 dozen of them year-round between the front and the back and our neighbors, that we spoke to, all had them, as well. Additionally, where I live today, we have _a lot_ of lizards and considerable insect life. We're close to the Santa Ana foothills on one side and a nature preserve on the other, and I'm sure that helps.

mark-r 8y ago

I see tree frogs on my deck every summer. My last sighting was in August, I know this because I took a couple of pictures. They do seem less plentiful than they were a few years ago though.

taneq 8y ago

I live near some wetlands and any time it rains or is damp overnight we get frogs everywhere. I definitely don't see as many earthworms as I used to, though. Probably because (like you) I don't spend as much time outside.