Antagonistic Behavior Between Evening Bats and Carpenter Ants

Michael J. Bender; Steven B. Castleberry; Darren A. Miller; T. Bentley Wigley

doi:10.1656/058.008.0117

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Michael J. Bender,^1,* Steven B. Castleberry,¹ Darren A. Miller,² T. Bentley Wigley³

¹1Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
²2Weyerhaeuser Company, PO Box 2288, Columbus, MS 39701.
³3National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Inc., PO Box 340317, Clemson, SC 29634.

^*Corresponding author - benderm@warnell.uga.edu.

Abstract

We report on mist-net captures of three individual Nycticeius humeralis (Evening Bat) with anterior portions of Camponotus floridanus (Florida Carpenter Ant) attached by the mandibles. Based on head morphology, the ants were most likely alate queens captured as prey during the ants' nocturnal mating flights. No similar interaction between evening bats and ants has previously been documented.

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Michael J. Bender, Steven B. Castleberry, Darren A. Miller, and T. Bentley Wigley "Antagonistic Behavior Between Evening Bats and Carpenter Ants," Southeastern Naturalist 8(1), 179-181, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.008.0117

Published: 1 March 2009

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