Can Japanese beetles be used to feed tree frogs?

[SludgeMunkey]

The toxicity threat from these beetles is two fold. The first is frome theory diet as many of the plants they feed on contain toxic to amphibian substances. The second is from pesticide contamination.

[googie]

Hi Guys:

Sludemonkey took the words right out of mouth. I would be concerned with feeding my animals with anything caught outside due to pesticides. Japenese Beetles in particularly (at least in my area, upstate NY) are considered a very large pest problem, and numerous products (pesticides) are stocked on the shelf to try and get rid of these beetles.

Seems alot safer to go to the pet store or start your own culture of worms/crickets from a known stock.

Good luck

Chris

[derobins]

Seems alot safer to go to the pet store or start your own culture of worms/crickets from a known stock.

I've thought about this but we have no place where we live to keep them. Inside is out of the question and the garage has no temperature control. Since we live in the middle of the US, we get very hot summers and very cold winters. Maybe one of these days we'll move to a house with a basement, but until then we have to get live food from the pet store.

Dana