unknown eggs in pond

chattycaff · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:17 PM

Hi, i have just joined today as i was trying to find out about some eggs we found in our little nature pond. Hopefully someone will be able to tell me what they are. .. since the nice weather has arrived we have had a lot of activity in our ponds ..mainly the small nature pond....as there are no greedy koi in that one LOL.. frogs, newts, snails.. even small leach type things..( yuck ) The frogs have laid eggs which i recognise from when i was a nipper.. but there are larger eggs in there also. There jelly like..similer to the frog spawn..but slightly larger.. and instead of the little black dot inside.. theres a larger white milky dot. They are not really laid in bulk.. a few are clustered together but most are seperate.. they are beneath the water on the rocks under the rocks .. dead leaves and even on the blanket weed attached to the sides.. i have taken a few pics but have not worked it out how to get them on here as yet... i have been trying and have failed

Dogghound · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:23 PM

These sound like snail eggs are they a jelly blob with lots of small eggs within them? or alternatively they could be newt eggs although newts almost always fold eggs up inside the leaves of pond plants, overhanging plants or dead leaves or sometimes grasses. So the location isnt quite right/normal for newts. They are a small jelly blob with a large white centre (or dark depending on age/species) within them.

chattycaff · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:34 PM

Hi, thanks for getting back to me.. pretty new at this and posted it in a few places.. I have just had another look and there a large round jelly with a large solid white and milky looking substance inside... the annoying thing is that i do have pics but still aint worked out how to put it on here...wanted to post it on my thread

Dogghound · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:41 PM

If you go to Gallery, upload images (forum images the top one), then you should be able to go from there. You copy and paste the link that comes up under the picture when its uploaded onto the thread.

Sorry im hopeless at explaining how to upload photos.

chattycaff · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:46 PM

wow..thanks... hope this works

chattycaff · #6 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:47 PM

crappy pics...will take a few more now i have mastered it..lol

Dogghound · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:51 PM

Hard to say from these, if you could get some sharper ones though.... They dont look like snail eggs. Could they be mould or are they definitely eggs?

chattycaff · #8 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:54 PM

managed to get a clearer one

chattycaff · #9 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 06:57 PM

i hope it aint mould there a tad larger than the frog spawn.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogghound

Hard to say from these, if you could get some sharper ones though.... They dont look like snail eggs. Could they be mould or are they definitely eggs?

Dogghound · #10 (**permalink**) 10-04-2011, 07:02 PM

Looks like a mouldly pellet/seed of some kind. You dont have bird food around the pond? or birds roosting over it? Not sure its an egg, if you look closely at the last photo is has a hairy shaggy border to it not a smooth one like you would expect with an egg.