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Web-building spiders and blood-feeding flies as prey of the notch-eared bat (Myotis emarginatus)
Kervyn, Thierry; Godin, Marie Céline; Jocqué, Rudy et al.
2012In Belgian Journal of Zoology, 142 (1), p. 59-67
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Keywords :
Food; Spiders; Stomoxys calcitrans; Musca automnalis; Geoffroy's bat; Belgium
Abstract :
[en] Conservation of the endangered notch-eared bat (M. emarginatus) requires a specific action plan based on precise ecological requirements of this species. The analysis of the diet of three colonies in southern Belgium revealed: (1) spatial and seasonal variations of the diet; (2) the consumption of web-building spiders (Araneus diadematus, A. triguttatus, Cyclosa conica, Enoplognatha sp., Larinioides patagiatus, Neriene emphana); (3) the predominance of blood-feeding dipterans in the diet (Stomoxys calcitrans and Musca autumnalis). Since the populations of these two ectoparasitic flies are sensitive to the use of antiparasitic drugs, these drugs should be used with caution by farmers and veterinarians in the vicinity of maternity colonies.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Kervyn, Thierry
Godin, Marie Céline
Jocqué, Rudy
Grootaert, Patrick
Libois, Roland ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Zoogéographie
Language :
English
Title :
Web-building spiders and blood-feeding flies as prey of the notch-eared bat (Myotis emarginatus)
Publication date :
January 2012
Journal title :
Belgian Journal of Zoology
ISSN :
0777-6276
eISSN :
2295-0451
Publisher :
Royal Belgian Zoological Society, Bruxelles, Belgium
Volume :
142
Issue :
1
Pages :
59-67
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture [BE]
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