Table 2 Prey items Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) consumed by seven bat species captured in private, working forest landscapes across four states (Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina) of the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain from late-January to mid-March 2021–2022.

Araneae

Salticidae

Pelegrina montana

2

5

4

7

1

Theridiidae

Robertus crosbyi

2

1

5

12

Coleoptera

Cantharidae

Podabrus nothoides

3

2

8

2

22

4

Carabidae

Oodes amaroides

4

2

1

1

Carabidae

Platynus cincticollis

5

1

1

4

Carabidae

Stenolophus ochropezus

1

10

Curculionidae

Hylobius pales*

5

2

3

1

1

Curculionidae

Xylosandrus crassiusculus*

2

4

1

5

3

Hydrophilidae

Helocombus bifidus

5

1

19

3

10

5

Scarabaeidae

Dyscinetus morator

3

1

4

2

Scirtidae

Contacyphon ochreatus

6

10

2

Diptera

Chironomidae

Chironomus df decorus

4

1

1

8

9

16

2

Chironomidae

Chironomus harpi

2

2

3

16

4

18

2

Chironomidae

Orthocladius oliveri

1

1

7

Culicidae

Culex nigripalpus

1

14

4

15

2

Culicidae

Culex territans

1

1

13

3

10

4

Culicidae

Culex salinarius

1

16

2

11

3

Limoniidae

Erioptera caliptera

4

1

6

1

9

5

Psychodidae

Psychoda alternata

1

6

9

5

Tipulidae

Nephrotoma ferruginea

3

1

3

5

1

4

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Eulachnus rileyi

2

3

1

1

Hymenoptera

Apidae

Nomada subrutila

3

1

11

2

8

3

Xyelidae

Xyela spp.

3

3

1

16

11

3

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Hypena scabra*

2

3

2

2

1

Erebidae

Schrankia macula

3

1

2

Geometridae

Eupithecia miserulata*

4

4

Geometridae

Orthonama obstipata*

1

1

1

Geometridae

Thysanopyga intractata

4

15

Noctuidae

Eupsilia vinulenta

4

2

2

1

1

1

Noctuidae

Orthosia hibisci

3

2

4

Noctuidae

Sericaglaea signata

2

4

5

2

2

2

Plutellidae

Plutella xylostella*

1

Tineidae

Nemapogon interstitiella

1

1

5

1

2

Tortricidae

Argyrotaenia pinatubana*

7

7

1

15

9

8

2

Tortricidae

Chimoptesis gerulae

5

6

7

3

2

3

Tortricidae

Clepsis peritana*

3

2

24

1

9

3

Tortricidae

Rhyacionia frustrana*

4

6

21

4

10

5

Neuroptera

Chrysopidae

Chrysoperla rufilabris

2

9

2

18

3

1

1

Hemerobiidae

Hemerobius stigma

4

2

2

5

1

Hemerobiidae

Micromus posticus

4

1

2

20

9

8

3

Hemerobiidae

Micromus subanticus

2

2

1

1

1

Psocodea

Amphipsocidae

Polypsocus corruptus

1

1

6

5

4

5

Odonata

Libellulidae

Trithemis dubia

8