What animals eat leadbeater possums?

Answer 1

The Leadbeater's possum has quite a varied diet. It is known to eat insects, such as moths, crickets and beetles, and Spiders which it claws out from underneath tree bark, or finds hanging from bark strips. Some insects exude a sweet liquid called "honeydew", which the Leadbeater's possum licks off the leaves of trees. It enjoys the gum, nectar and sap of wattle trees and eucalyptus trees.

Answer 2

Natural predators of the Leadbeater's Possum include eagles, hawks, owls and quolls.

The most common predator is the largest South-Eastern Australian Owl, the Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua. Other smaller owls also predate on Leadbeater's Possums, especially young joeys, and these owls include the Southern Boobook - Ninox novaeseelandiae, Barking Owl - Ninox convnivens or Sooty Owl - Tyto tenebricosa.

Introduced predators include foxes and feral cats.

Answer 3

Yes. The Leadbeater's possum is an omnivore with quite a varied diet.

It eats insects, such as moths, crickets and beetles, and spiders which it claws out from underneath tree bark, or finds hanging from bark strips. Some insects exude a sweet liquid called "honeydew", which the Leadbeater's possum licks off the leaves of trees. It enjoys the gum, nectar and sap of wattle trees and eucalyptus trees.

Answer 4

The Leadbeater's possum has quite a varied diet. It is known to eat insects, such as moths, crickets and beetles, and spiders which it claws out from underneath tree bark, or finds hanging from bark strips. Some insects exude a sweet liquid called "honeydew", which the Leadbeater's possum licks off the leaves of trees. It enjoys the gum, nectar and sap of wattle trees and eucalyptus trees.

Answer 5

snakes