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Table 2. Stomach contents of 47 D. aeneus from the Citico Creek watershed, 

 Monroe Co., Tennessee. 



Category 



N prey 



% freq. 



N stomachs 



% freq. 



Nematoda 



2 



0.8 



2 



4.2 



Mollusca 



10 



4.1 



8 



17.0 



Arthropoda 



233 



95.1 



45 



95.7 



Crustacea (Isopoda) 



1 



0.4 



1 



2.1 



Insecta 



71 



30.0 



29 



61.7 



Collembola 



40 



16.3 



17 



36.2 



Diptera 



7 



2.9 



6 



12.8 



Coleoptera 



5 



2.0 



5 



10.6 



Hymemoptera 



4 



1.6 



4 



8.5 



Lepidoptera 



2 



0.8 



2 



4.2 



Hemiptera 



2 



0.8 



2 



4.2 



Insect larvae 



11 



4.5 



9 



19.1 



Chilopoda 



1 



0.4 



1 



2.1 



Diplopoda 



3 



1.2 



2 



4.2 



Arachnida 



154 



62.9 



38 



80.8 



Araneae 



3 



1.2 



3 



6.4 



Pseudoscorpionida 



8 



3.3 



6 



12.8 



Acarina 



143 



58.4 



37 



78.7 



Unidentified arthropods 



3 



1.2 



3 



6.4 



most of its foraging within the leaf litter rather than at the surface. This 

 idea is further supported by approximately 72 hours of monitoring noc- 

 turnal activity of salamanders during both wet and dry nights in the 

 Citico Creek watershed in 1976; no D. aeneus were observed active on 

 the surface in either seepage areas of leaf litter along small streams, 

 although they were known to be abundant in the immediate area. I have 

 found the species crossing roads during rainstorms, but it appears to 

 rarely leave the protection of surface cover in its habitat, an observation 

 first noted by Folkerts (1968) for D. aeneus in Alabama. 



Reproduction 



Folkerts (1968) found evidence for both spring and fall periods of 

 oviposition in Alabama D. aeneus. He suggested that the species may 

 deposit eggs at any time of year except mid-winter. Harrison (1967) 

 reported egg deposition from late April to early May, but suggested that 

 considerable variation probably occurred in the time of oviposition 



