Little Grass Frog Feeding Ecology 



Table 1. Stomach contents of 50 Pseudacris ocularis from the Coastal 

 Plain of Georgia. Unless otherwise indicated, the smallest taxon in 

 each order is represented by a single species; "i" repreesnts immature 

 instars. Numbers (n) for higher taxa also include unidentified food 

 items. 



Percentage of 



Food Item 



INSECTA 

 Collembola 



Isotomidae 



Poduridae 



Sminthuridae 

 Coleoptera 



Carabidae 



Cleridae 



Coccinellidae 



Staphylinidae (3) 



larvae 

 Dictyoptera 



Blattidae 

 Diptera (larvae) (3) 

 Homoptera 



Delphacidae (i) 

 Hymenoptera 



Diapriidae 



Dryinidae 



Encyrtidae 



Evaniidae 



Formicidae 



Scelionidae 

 Orthoptera 



Acrididae (i) 

 Phasmida 



Phasmatidae 

 Siphonaptera 

 Thysanoptera 



Phlaeothripidae 

 ARACHNIDA 

 ACARINA 



Mesostismata 



Oribatei (2) 

 Araneida 



Anyphaenidae 

 Palpigradi 



(n) Total Number Total Area Frequency 



122 

 66 

 26 



2 



37 



11 



1 



1 



1 



5 



1 



2 



2 



3 



11 



10 



24 



1 



1 



1 



2 



7 



7 



2 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



18 



13 



1 



12 



4 



1 



1 



87.1 

 47.1 

 18.6 

 1.4 

 26.4 

 7.9 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 3.6 

 0.7 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 2.1 

 7.9 

 7.1 

 17.1 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 1.4 

 5.0 

 5.0 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 12.9 

 9.3 

 0.7 

 8.6 

 2.9 

 0.7 

 0.7 



90.1 

 19.5 

 5.6 

 0.5 

 13.4 

 9.2 

 1.6 

 0.3 

 1.1 

 4.3 

 0.4 

 19.1 

 19.1 

 1.2 

 11.1 

 10.9 

 14.6 

 2.2 

 0.8 

 0.1 

 6.4 

 1.2 

 1.9 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 9.6 

 9.6 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 9.9 

 5.5 

 0.1 

 5.4 

 4.2 

 1.6 

 0.2 



82.0 



56.0 



20.0 



4.0 



26.0 



18.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



6.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



6.0 



16.0 



14.0 



32.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



6.0 



6.0 



4.0 



4.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



2.0 



22.0 



16.0 



2.0 



14.0 



6.0 



2.0 



2.0 



