Food and Ectoparasites of Shrews 99 



Table 1. Food items observed in the stomachs of 45 short-tailed shrews 

 (Blarina carolinensis) from South Carolina and 125 B. brevicauda from 

 Indiana (Mumford and Whitaker 1982). 





B. carolinensis 



B. brevicauda 





Volume 



Frequency 



Volume 



Frequency 



Slugs and snails 



18.0 



26.8 



8.5 



14.4 



Endogone (and related genera) 



16.3 



29.3 



3.6 



11.2 



Earthworms 



14.8 



22.0 



37.5 



48.1 



Coleoptera adults 



9.6 



19.5 



4.2 



7.2 



Coleoptera larvae 



5.8 



24.4 



4.0 



7.2 



Spider 



4.6 



9.8 



0.5 



2.4 



Lepidoptera larvae 



3.7 



7.3 



8.2 



16.8 



Unidentified larvae 



3.6 



4.9 



0.3 



1.6 



Diptera adults 



3.0 



4.9 



0.3 



1.6 



Phalangida 



2.4 



2.4 







Scarabaeidae larvae 



2.4 



2.4 



0.8 



0.8 



Lepidoptera adult 



2.3 



2.4 



0.1 



0.8 



Cricket 



2.1 



4.9 



6.2 



8.8 



Tipulidae 



2.1 



2.4 







Unidentified 



1.8 



9.8 







Muscoid Diptera 



1.6 



2.4 



0.8 



0.8 



Hemiptera 



1.3 



4.9 



1.0 



2.4 



Vegetation 



1.2 



2.4 



2.2 



11.2 



Insect 



1.1 



2.4 



3.8 



14.4 



Vertebrate 



1.0 



2.4 



0.3 



0.8 



Formicidae 



0.6 



4.9 



0.5 



4.5 



Chilopoda 



0.5 



2.4 



4.5 



8.0 



Hemerobiidae 



0.1 



2.4 







Carabidae 







2.7 



4.0 



Dipterous larvae 







1.8 



5.6 



Isopoda (sowbugs) 







1.6 



1.6 



Pentatomidae 







1.4 



3.2 



Scarabaeidae 







1.! 



3.2 



Elymus seeds 







0.8 



0.8 



Coleoptera: pupae 







0.8 



0.8 



Acrididae 







0.8 



0.8 



Orthoptera: internal organs 







0.7 



0.8 



Plecoptera 







0.6 



0.8 



Curculionidae 







0.6 



1.6 



Mast 







0.6 



1.6 



Gryllacrididae 







0.4 



0.8 



Enchytraeidae 







0.2 



0.8 



Syrphidae 







0.2 



0.8 



Cicadellidae 







0.1 



0.8 



Staphylinidae 







0.1 



0.8 



