Table 1.
Percentage of prey orders encountered within M.nattereri faecal pellets
|
Order |
Morphological |
Molecular |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % O | % F | % O† | % F† | |
| Araneae |
59.7 |
28.2 |
56.5 |
17.9 |
| Isopoda |
32.3 |
15.3 |
90.3 |
28.7 |
| Lepidoptera |
88.7 |
42.0 |
98.5 |
31.3 |
| Hymenoptera |
1.6 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
| Hemiptera |
1.6 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
| Coleoptera |
3.2 |
1.5 |
14.5 |
4.6 |
| Diptera | 24.2 | 11.5 | 51.6 | 16.4 |
Percentage occurrence (%O) of prey orders in M. nattereri faecal pellets gathered in Greywell tunnel during winters (December-March) 2009–10 and 2010–11. Also shown are the proportions (%F) of prey orders in the diet. † OTUs identified to species using BOLD then assigned to individual pellets.