TABLE 3.
Arthropod species detected in bird fecal samples through DNA barcoding, and their general feeding guilds; n = 113 fecal samples. Species in bold were detected in at least 5% of the fecal samples.
| Order | Family | Genus | Species | Feeding guild a | Count samples | Percent samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araneae | Araneidae | Argiope | trifasciata | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% |
| Clubionidae | Clubiona | abboti | natural enemy | 7 | 6.2% | |
| Corinnidae | Trachelas | tranquillus | natural enemy | 2 | 1.8% | |
| Linyphiidae | Diplostyla | concolor | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Grammonota | angusta | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Lycosidae | Pardosa | milvina | natural enemy | 6 | 5.3% | |
| Trochosa | ruricola | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Salticidae | Phidippus | clarus | natural enemy | 2 | 1.8% | |
| Tutelina | similis | natural enemy | 2 | 1.8% | ||
| Tetragnathidae | Pachygnatha | autumnalis | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Theridiidae | Theridion | frondeum | natural enemy | 2 | 1.8% | |
| Thomisidae | Ozyptila | praticola | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Xysticus | ferox | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Coleoptera | Brentidae | Perapion | curtirostre | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% |
| Carabidae | Bembidion | quadrimaculatum | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Pterostichus | melanarius | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Chrysomelidae | Diabrotica | barberi | herbivore | 39 | 34.5% | |
| Diabrotica | virgifera | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Epitrix | fasciata | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Curculionidae | Larinus | planus | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Rhinoncus | castor | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Nitidulidae | Carpophilus | antiquus | herbivore | 2 | 1.8% | |
| Silphidae | Ptomascopus | morio | other | 10 | 8.8% | |
| Diptera | Tephritidae | Rhagoletis | cingulata | herbivore | 2 | 1.8% |
| Agromyzidae | Liriomyza | brassicae | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Chloropidae | Malloewia | sp. | other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Drosophilidae | Drosophila | melanogaster | other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Calliphoridae | Pollenia | pediculata | other | 25 | 22.1% | |
| Chironomidae | Orthocladius | oblidens | other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Limoniidae | Helius | flavipes | other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Limonia | novaeangliae | other | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Hemiptera | Aphididae | Capitophorus | elaeagni | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% |
| Chaitophorus | nigrae | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Cicadidae | Tibicen | lyricen | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Coccidae | Parthenolecanium | corni | herbivore | 3 | 2.7% | |
| Dictyopharidae | Nersia | florida | herbivore | 3 | 2.7% | |
| Miridae | Lygus | lineolarus | herbivore | 44 | 38.9% | |
| Neurocolpus | sp. | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Pentatomidae | Euschistus | variolarius | herbivore | 15 | 13.3% | |
| Alydidae | Alydus | sp. | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Lygaeidae | Neortholomus | scolopax | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Rhyparochromidae | Ligyrocoris | sylvestris | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Hymenoptera | Agaonidae | Ceratosolen | n. sp. | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% |
| Cynipidae | Antistrophus | silphii | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Formicidae | Lasius | alienus | omnivore | 28 | 24.8% | |
| Lasius | neoniger | omnivore | 23 | 20.4% | ||
| Camponotus | pennsylvanicus | omnivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Stenamma | wheelerorum | omnivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Scelionidae | Telenomus | podisi | natural enemy | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Tenthredinidae | Caliroa | fasciata | other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Lepidoptera | Geometridae | Eulithis | sp. | herbivore | 3 | 2.7% |
| Eupithecia | miserulata | herbivore | 2 | 1.8% | ||
| Noctuidae | Apamea | sordens | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Galgula | partita | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Pterophoridae | Emmelina | monodactyla | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Crambidae | Neodactria | sp. | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Encoptolophus | costalis | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% |
| Gryllidae | Eunemobius | carolinus | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | |
| Gryllus | pennsylvanicus | herbivore | 1 | 0.9% | ||
| Thysanoptera | Thripidae | Frankliniella | tritici | herbivore | 13 | 11.5% |
| Trichoptera | Hydropsychidae | Potamyia | flava | other | 1 | 0.9% |
a Feeding guilds determined from Triplehorn and Johnson (2005). “Natural enemy” includes predators and parasitoids; “other” includes detritivores and species that are in different feeding guilds during different life stages.