Erinaceus europaeus

Family: Erinaceidae

Family: ErinaceidaeGenus: Erinaceusnon-native United Kingdom

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Interactions

documented

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Prey / FoodPlant food

Merkmale

Körper

Body length

26.8585 cm

Weight

777.95 g

Max. Lebensalter

14 Jahre

Fortpflanzung

Wurfgröße / Gelege

4.22, 1.58× pro Jahr

Tragezeit

36.067538 Tage

Geschlechtsreife

~0.7 Jahre

Ernährung & Verhalten

80% Wirbellose10% vertebrates_ecto10% vertebrates_endo

Streifgebiet

~0.08 km²

Food sources

25 documented food sources

Amelanchier ovalisAria edulisAsparagus officinalisCormus domesticaCornus masCornus sanguineaCrataegus monogyna agg.Euonymus europaeusFicus caricaFragaria vescaIlex aquifoliumJuniperus communisLaurus nobilisLigustrum vulgarePrunus mahalebPrunus spinosaRhamnus saxatilisRibes alpinumRosa canina var. dumalisSambucus ebulusSambucus nigraSolanum dulcamaraSolanum villosum agg.Torminalis glaberrimaViburnum lantana

Proven food

50 documented prey and food sources (GloBI)

AcariErinaceusBrachaspis robustusAvesLimax maximusRabdophaga paliumparensDasineura mallPoratio digitataBremiola onobrychiciisRhymogona alemaimicaMacrolabis podagroriaeDasineura clausiliaContarinia heilanthemiDiciymomyia tiliaceaBibio calvipesPhysemocercis ulmiPlacochela figustriHelvetiosoma blandMycodipiosis saundersiAschistonyx corpinicolusDasineura trifolliRhopalomyia artermisiaePhysemocercis hartigilulogona tirolensisMycodipiosis melampsoraePhylidoirea heterogynaPhylidoirea squalensllisia occoecataPhylidoirea furrugineaPhylidoirea fulvonervosallisia maculataCryptochironomus obreptorisDiomesa aberrataDiomesa modestaCryptochironomus albolosciatusDiomesa tonsaMicrochronomus tenerDiomesa kasymoviDiomesa hamaticornisDiomesa laticaudaDiomesa wuelkeriDiomesa steinboeckiHeleniella ornoticollisHarnischia curtilammellataDiomesa bertramiSynorthociodius semivirensTanytarsus pailidicornisTvetenia verraliParalauterborniella nigronalteralisParatrichocladius smolandica

Source: Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) — Poelen et al. (2014), CC BY

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•GBIF — Occurrence data via GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →

Food sources

25 documented food sources

Proven food

50 documented prey and food sources (GloBI)

Source: Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) — Poelen et al. (2014), CC BY

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•GBIF — Occurrence data via GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →