DSC_9004 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) young male returning to nest in garden shed. Mouse numbers increase in many areas in summer when pasture grasses seed, providing an abundance of food. Otago Peninsula *
DSC_9024 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) young male returning to nest in garden shed. Mouse numbers increase in many areas in summer when pasture grasses seed, providing an abundance of food. Otago Peninsula *
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 *
