Diet
This frog is opportunistic at best. It will eat a variety of insects including grasshoppers, ants, wasps, beetles, and moths. These insects comprise more than fifty percent of the frog's diet. This frog will also eat seemingly unusual animals such as crustaceans, mollusks, arthropods, and arachnids.
In addition to being an insectivore, the Columbia Spotted Frog will eat such vegetation as algae, organic debris, a variety of plants, and other smaller water-dwelling organisms.
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