Ridding Ponds of Bullfrogs

Bullfrogs grow up to 8 inches long and range in color from light green to deep olive. They eat insects, but since each female is capable of laying up to 20,000 eggs in one season, they are less than desirable residents of garden ponds. The tadpoles can quickly take over the pond and, as they mature, devour young fish. Making the pond and nearby areas less hospitable to bullfrogs is the only practical way to eliminate them without also harming pond fish.

Weed trimmer
Hand sprayer
Cypermethrin insecticide
Spray bottle
Lemon juice
36-inch wooden stakes
Bird netting
Staple gun

Instructions

- 1
  Trim back unnecessary plant growth around the pond to give insects and bullfrogs fewer places to hide.
- 2
  Fill a hand sprayer with cypermethrin insecticide and apply to the ground around the pond. This insecticide is long-lasting and binds with the soil rapidly so that it doesn't drain into the pond and harm the fish.
- 3
  Fill a spray bottle with lemon juice and apply it to the plants and soil around the pond.
- 4
  Install bird netting over the pond if bullfrogs continue to be a nuisance. Bury 36-inch wooden stakes around the exterior edge of the pond and staple the bird netting to the stakes.

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