AuthorJones, G.
Year1990
TitlePrey Selection by the Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum): Optimal Foraging by Echolocation?
TypePaper
SourceJournal of Animal Ecology Vol 59 (2): 587-602.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera. Large items were taken preferentially. The ratio of the four orders varied with the season.

The moths were mainly Sphingidae (hawkmoths) and Lasiocampidae, the beetles mainly Geotrupes, Melolontha and Aphodius, the flies mostly Tipulidae, and the hymenoptera were "Ophion’s" (presumably including Netelia etc).

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentRhinolophus ferrumequinumGreater Horseshoe BatAnimalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae
CurrentGeotrupesdumbledorsAnimalia: Coleoptera: Geotrupidae
CurrentAphodiusa genus of dung beetlesAnimalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae
CurrentMelolonthacockchafersAnimalia: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae
CurrentOphionophion waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
CurrentSPHINGIDAEhawk or sphinx moths, hawk-mothAnimalia: Lepidoptera
CurrentLASIOCAMPIDAElackeys and eggarsAnimalia: Lepidoptera
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