Abstract We used DNA metabarcoding to assess the seasonal diets of large Japanese wood mouse, Apodemus speciosus (Muridae, Rodentia), in forest edges adjacent citrus orchards on Innoshima Island, Japan. one chloroplast and three mitochondrial barcoding markers determine mouse diets. Among various plant invertebrate diets, A. typically consumed Chinese cork oak ( Quercus variabilis ) early sprin...