Abstract
Using radiotelemetry, we studied the foraging behavior of 12 Megaderma lyra from 9 March to 5 April 1988 in South India. Tagged bats used individual but nonexclusive areas of ca 0.1 km 2 located from 1 min and fourteen of 16 prey captures (85%) that we observed visually, involved search flights of 10-200 m. Prey taken included insects (Orthoptera, Coleoptera), and small vertebrates (Amphibia, Reptilia). From these data we infer that M. lyra are flexible in their foraging strategies and catch prey from the ground.
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