One more thing. Some of them will eat the Japanese beetles that are now showing up now if I throw them into the pond. Maybe they're Japanese bluegills? \:D

Seriously this seems to back up the theory that they may prefer natural items at this point in time. Hope so!

Could be terrestrial bugs are falling off the burlap that goes to the edge of the water and that is why they are facing the bank?

I'm going to set up my bugcatcher light/fan(forget the brandname) and see if they key in on the bugs at night. If they go bonzo over the bugs at night I'll know it's they are more interested in natural food items and it's not a pathogen issue. I'll keep you posted.


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.