Diet of the Myotis Sodalis (Indiana Bat) at an Urban/Rural Interface

We conducted a study of the diet of the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at an urban/rural interface near Indianapolis International Airport in summer 2004. We used two 1-m2quadrats covered with window screening to collect guano under a known roost tree. We then examined 20 fecal pellets/week until the bats abandoned the roost (i.e., 13 weeks). The most common orders of insects eaten were: Lepidoptera (35.3% volume, 84.6% frequency), Diptera (27.9%, 73.2%), Coleoptera (16.9%, 62.9%), and Hymenoptera (10.9%, 45.9%). Components of the diet at the ordinal level varied significantly over time. Despite the developed nature of the site, the diet consisted of the same components reported in earlier studies.

Creator

• Tuttle, Nicole M.
• Sparks, Dale W.
• Benson, David P.

Publisher

• Eagle Hill Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[435:DOTMSI]2.0.CO;2

Mot-clé

• Indiana bat
• urban/rural interface
• Myotis Sodalis

Date created

• 2006

Related URL

•  http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/1092-6194%282006%2913%5B435%3ADOTMSI%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Resource type

• Article

Source

• Northeastern Naturalist (Vol.13, Iss.3)

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/