=======================+======+======+======+======+=======+====== | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. -----------------------+------+------+------+------+-------+------ Cricket (233) | .17 | .37 | .28 | .01 | .05 | .12 _Ceuthophilus_ (94) | .01 | .19 | .30 | .14 | .13 | .23 Katydid (96) | .03 | .06 | .08 | .25 | .15 | .43 _Melanoplus_ (188) | .03 | .12 | .27 | .15 | .19 | .24 All grasshopper (388) | .15 | .17 | .21 | .16 | .12 | .19 _Microtus_ (79) | .45 | .32 | .13 | .02 | .07 | .01 _Peromyscus_ (39) | .41 | .18 | .08 | .08 | .05 | .20 All mammal (162) | .41 | .25 | .14 | .03 | .05 | .12 Lizard (70) | .07 | .46 | .29 | .15 | .01 | .02 Snake (61) | .37 | .18 | .08 | .13 | .09 | .15 _Arphia_ (72) | .50 | .25 | .12 | .04 | .03 | .06 -----------------------+------+------+------+------+-------+------ Table 6. Distribution of Various Common Prey Animals in a Sample of 625 Among Racers of Different Size Groups ====================+==================================================== | Snout-Vent Length (mm.) of Racers in Sample Kinds of prey and +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---- their percentage | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 |1000 frequencies in | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to in samples | 299 | 399 | 499 | 599 | 699 | 799 | 899 | 999 |1099 --------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---- gryllid cricket | .40 | .39 | .11 | .25 | .23 | .15 | .15 | .12 | .08 | | | | | | | | | _Melanoplus_ | | .09 | .14 | .14 | .14 | .15 | .20 | .27 | .25 | | | | | | | | | _Ceuthophilus_ | .20 | | .11 | .13 | .06 | .07 | .12 | .09 | .04 | | | | | | | | | _Orchelimum_ | | | | .04 | .02 | .01 | .01 | .01 | | | | | | | | | | tettigoniid | | | .03 | .02 | .06 | .03 | .02 | .05 | | | | | | | | | | "other grasshopper" | | | | | | | | | and miscellaneous | | | | | | | | | orthopteran | | .30 | .25 | .10 | .09 | .03 | .12 | .07 | .09 | | | | | | | | | _Arphia simplex_ | | | .03 | .02 | .05 | .08 | .08 | .04 | .09 | | | | | | | | | miscellaneous insect| | .04 | .04 | .09 | .07 | .04 | .08 | .05 | .04 | | | | | | | | |