Field notes, v1382
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EL Kadstrom 1954 Growth Bufo hybrids Oct. 7 complete diet for young amphibia, since Dyula never survived well on flies alone (personal communication) Oct. 8 10:10 A.M. 3 young of group force fed have died. One had received heavy injection of liver mash, and I suspect its digestive tract may have been ruptured. Added vestigial-winged fruit-flies today. No signs of feeding. One of eldest, living toads (3 mm. tail bud) is bloated as if it did receive the liver mash. The water at one end of aquarium had particles of the mash this A.M. Some of the injected mash must have been later regurgitated by the toad. Oct. 10 Another recently metamorphosed toad dead. Small meal worms placed in aquarium untouched. I added a few more Drosophila. Oct 12 another dead this morning. 3 remaining are their but active. Oct 14 3 still alive. I now on trying the insect "funnel technique" using a long to sieve tiny insects from leaf litter. Water gotten from edge of Strawberry Creek W side of MU2. Poor yield first 8 hours, but few ants & mites (?) added to food aquarium.