The commotion I made last summer sent The Serpent on his way, thank goodness! I don't know why it has taken the neighborhood frogs 28 years to discover my pond. I live in a subdivision, small lots, built partly before WWII, and most in the late 1940's. It's a close-in suburb, not rural by any means.

I do enjoy frog legs for dinner, but have no desire to grow my own! Perhaps when they're grown, they'll hop away and find somewhere else to reproduce. In the meantime, it's just a big muddy watered hole in the ground with ragged water lilies. NOT what I've enjoyed for 28 years in the past!

I welcome frogs in my various small stock tank ponds. I've never had trouble with them eating my water lilies......although I think the darned snails do that. Is your lily in a container? If so, do you occasionally thin and replant it and fertilize it? If so, it will probably come back next year.

I also welcome snakes.......but I've told them to never eat a frog when I'm around. :) Yes, if you build a pond, frogs will come.........but also snakes. It's sort of like getting angry at squirrels for eating your birdseed. Ponds are a snakes natural habitat......and they eat frogs, so you shouldn't be surprised. (And please don't kill them if they show up). When we have ponds, it's like hanging up a sign that says "All water-loving beings welcomed".

So.........

frogs dont eat water lilies.

i have done everything to attact frogs, to no avail.

dena.....do you have running water in your pond/water feature? Do you live near woods?