DSC_8154 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) heads of pair inside nest in long grass in summer. Mice are often overlooked as predators, but mouse numbers increase in many areas in summer when pasture grasses seed, providing an abundance of food. Mice are significant predators of insects, especially beetles and caterpillars, as well as small reptiles, and the eggs and young of small birds. There is some evidence that mice can detect 1080 even when masked. Otago Peninsula *
DSC_8153 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) nose of male emerging from nest entrance in long grass. Mice are often overlooked as predators, but mouse numbers increase in many areas in summer when pasture grasses seed, providing an abundance of food. Mice are significant predators of insects, especially beetles and caterpillars, as well as small reptiles, and the eggs and young of small birds. There is some evidence that mice can detect 1080 even when masked. Otago Peninsula *
DSC_8126 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) head of male emerging from nest in long grass. it's difficult to think of mice as predators, but mouse numbers increase in many areas in summer when pasture grasses seed, providing an abundance of food. Mice are significant predators of insects, especially beetles and caterpillars, as well as small reptiles, and the eggs and young of small birds. There is some evidence that mice can detect 1080 even when masked. Otago Peninsula *
