Pacific Chorus Frog

[TheMaskedMan]

I have noticed on some of my PCF that just before they strike at an insect...one of the toes will start to wiggle/twitch?..is it just me? or has anyone else seen this.....anyone else?

[Paul Rust]

I have noticed on some of my PCF that just before they strike at an insect...one of the toes will start to wiggle/twitch?..is it just me? or has anyone else seen this.....anyone else?

This is Morse code for 'dead bug'

Seriously though, I don't see this in PCF's much but in my Darts it is common. It is a tactic to attract the insect.

[Jace]

I never noticed it in my male, but saw my female doing it. Not that she needs to intice them to her-she usually gets to them as they are being dropped in the tank. She even snatched one off of Yoki's head!!

[lnaminneci]

I have noticed on some of my PCF that just before they strike at an insect...one of the toes will start to wiggle/twitch?..is it just me? or has anyone else seen this.....anyone else?

All 4 of my PCF's do this at feeding time. I have watched them as their middle toe twitches and taps on the ground, actually attracting the cricket to them. The crickets seem to follow the "tapping" right into the frog's path and dinner!

~Lesley