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I can't imagine that toe drumming attracts many insects, but if so, which kinds?
To me, it seems like the wiggling toes might attract other smaller frogs and toads rather than insects.
Please enlighten me.
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I cannot really explained why pedal luring works, who knows if it is in an evolutionary remnant that worked millions of years ago. It is obvious how caudal luring works for copperheads and others, and how the tongue action of the alligator snapping turtle works. There appears to be a few scientific publications on the subject, but I have never read any of them. Just do not forget that wild frogs eat a lot more than just crickets, there are lots of predatory insects that frogs would consume if they are given the chance, and which case the wiggling toe certainly would help attract them.
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I suspect "toe-twitching" has a dual function. While luring might be part of it, my feeling is that disturbing prey items, causing them to move, be seen and consumed, is probably more important.
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Mike.
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My two Xmas Toads do the toe twitch all the time! I've watched closely and have noticed that it almost seems to hypnotize (sp) the cricket. Everytime the toad twitches the cricket stops and just seems to stare at the toads foot, meanwhile the toad primes and "BAM" lunch is served LOL

Personally, I just love watching those toes twitch

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Heather
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>>I suspect "toe-twitching" has a dual function. While luring might be part of it, my feeling is that disturbing prey items, causing them to move, be seen and consumed, is probably more important.
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>>Mike.
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>>http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/Amphibiary
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)