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TABS Species Account TN10032 

TN10032    SMALL-FOOTED MYOTIS    MYOTIS LEIBII

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Food Habits

TrophicReferences
Carnivore286

LifestageFood Item ConsumedPart of Food Item
GeneralAnimalsAdult stage
GeneralInsectsAdult stage
ImportantAnimalsAdult stage
ImportantInsectsAdult stage
AdultAnimalsAdult stage
AdultInsectsAdult stage
AdultColeopteraNot Specified
AdultDipteraNot Specified
AdultHemipteraAdult stage
AdultColeoptera
AdultColeopteraAdult stage
AdultDiptera
AdultDipteraAdult stage
AdultHymenoptera
AdultHymenopteraAdult stage
GeneralHemipteraAdult stage
GeneralColeopteraAdult stage
GeneralDipteraAdult stage
GeneralHymenopteraAdult stage
ImportantColeopteraAdult stage
JuvenileInsectsAdult stage
AdultHymenopteraNot Specified

Comments on General Food Habits

They feed on mosquitoes and small beetles *8905*. They feed on mosquitoes and small beetles *8905*. These bats feed on flying insects. Beetles have been found to be important in their diet *6037*. The small-footed bat is entirely insectivous *20*,4771,2092*, based on stomach contents of a few individual and field observations. Rhoads reported observing these bats catching mosquitoes while flying and observed beetle wings in their excrement *11354*. Activity coincides with the activity peaks of known prey species (Coleo- ptara, Diptera, Jassidae) *4953*. They feed on mosquitoes and small beetles *8905*.

Comments on Adult Food Habits

These bats feed on flying insects. Beetles have been found to be important in their diet *6037*.

Comments on Juvenile Food Habits

Juveniles probably consume the same things as adults *5455*. Initially, they nurse mother's milk. After they are weaned, they forage for flying insects *PA7846*.

Comments on Larval Food Habits

References/LifestageReference Numbers
General286, 299, 20, 6037
Adult6037, 20, 286, 299, 6037
Juvenile5455, PA7846,
Important286, 299, 6037


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