The most numerous life forms on earth are insects and most urban dwellers are familiar with how rapidly pest insects like cockroaches can take over your residence. Frogs keep insect populations in check and the larger species can consume some hefty quantities of bugs each night. Being a member of the food chain also goes in the other direction. Frogs and tadpoles are an important food resource for other animals such as predatory birds, snakes and other reptiles. If you would like to reproduce pages from this website for your own community group's newsletter or school class, you may use the Print button in your browser to obtain a duplicate of the page to insert in your newsletter or hand out in classes.
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