Food and Feeding Habits Summary Alligator mississippiensis
 
Main Ref. Rice, A.N, 2004
Fish stage adults Mean length 243.00 none
Sample size 46 Percent empty 2.17
Country USA Locality Lake Woodruff, Volusia County, Florida.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Alligator mississippiensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.60 % others herps turtles juv./adults Sternotherus odoratus
1.80 % others mammals n.a./other mammals juv./adults Neofiber alleni
8.20 % others herps salamanders/newts juv./adults Siren lacertina
84.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Micropterus salmoides 84.5% is the total recomputed value for fish preys. gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) 11% catfish (Ameiurus spp.) 10% gar (Lepisosteus spp.) 3% Centrarchidae 3% sunfish (Lepomis spp.) 2% warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) 1% redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) 2% spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) 1% largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 38% black crappie(Pomoxis nigromaculatus) 0.5% needlefish (Strongylura marina) 1% bowfin (Amia calva) 11% catfish (Pterygoplichthys spp.) 2%
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Procambarus fallax Total recomputed value for crustaceans and insect preys. grass shrimp (Palaemonetes intermedius) 0.01% crayfish (Procambarus paeninsularus) 0.1% (Procambarus fallax) 0.1% water bug (Belostoma spp.) 0.009% dragonfly (Aeschnidae) 0.003% other insects not identified 0.001%
4.40 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Pomacea paludosa Total recomputed value for gastropod preys. apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) 4.3% banded mysterysnail (Viviparus georgianus) 0.01%
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Utterbachia spp.
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