Now, researchers have documented the breadth of cats’ global buffet. A study published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found that free-ranging domestic cats (including feral ones) eat more than 2,000 species, raising renewed concerns about the ecological fallout.
Almost half of the species were birds, followed by reptiles and mammals. An unexpected number of insects were found, including monarch butterflies, pink-spotted hawk moths and emperor dragonflies.
We get house lizards where I live. They are small and amount the same color as the wall so no one minds them as they like to hide and eat insects.
Well my cats go crazy for them. They will stalk them all night. I think they can usually get away but once there was one on a plate that they also broke that night.