Food habits of bats of western Oregon

Year: 
1977
Publications Type: 
Journal Article
Publication Number: 
2079
Citation: 

Whitaker, John O. Jr.; Maser, Chris; Keller, Laurel E. 1977. Food habits of bats of western Oregon. Northwest Science. 51(1): 46-55.

Abstract: 

Major foods by percentage volume in 239 stomachs of 11 species of bats from western Oregonwere as follows: iliyotis lucifugus—Chironomidae, internal organs of large insects, Diptera; ill.yurnanensis—Chironomidae, Isoptera, Lepidoptera; M. evotis—Lepidoptera, Diptera, Araneida;M. thysanodes—Lepidoptera, Phalangida; Af. volans—Lepidoptera, Isoptera, Araneida; Al. californicus—Chironomidae, Diptera, Tipulidae; Lasionycteris noctivagans—Lepidoptera, Isoptera, Diptera;Eptesicus furcus—Lepidoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera; Lasiurus cinereus—Culicidae, Lepidoptera;Plecotus townsendi--Lepidoptera; Antrozous pallidu,—Scarabaeidae, Tettigoniidae.