Author(s): Szentkirályi, F. & Krištín, A.
Title: Lacewings and snakeflies (Neuroptera, Raphidioptera) as prey for bird nestlings in Slovakian forest habitats
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 329-340.
Abstract: Among the 4 raphidiid, 7 chrysopid, and 5 hemerobiid species recorded in diets, the most abundant were Dichrostigma flavipes (adults), Nineta pallida (larvae), and Hemerobius micans (adults). The chrysopids were present with the greatest dominance (59%) in the food composition of foliage gleaners, while hemerobiids were captured in higher proportions (50%) by bark foragers. The raphidiids were collected mainly by the generalist Ficedula albicollis (61%), and by bark foragers (36%). In the diet composition of ground foragers only a low number of neuropteroids were present. The sampled birds caught the highest number of individuals from the three families of neuropteroids in the period between mid-May and early June.
Keywords: Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Hemerobiidae, Chrysopidae, Raphidiidae, songbirds, food of nestlings, foraging mode
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I., Peregovits, L. & Sziráki, Gy.
