Credit: Ray Wilson / Alamy Stock Photo The treecreeper's eggs are white with brown speckles. They eat insects, including butterflies and moths. The species will not usually take food put out for them, however, in recent years there have been an increasing number of reports of them feeding on peanuts in a mesh feeder. Spot treecreepers scuttling up branches looking for a tasty morsel to bring to their nests. Treecreepers forage on the trunks of large trees. The majority of their diet is composed of small invertebrates, including insects and their larvae, spiders, and pseudoscorpions. They fly to the bottom of a tree, then climb in a spiral fashion searching for prey. What Do Nuthatches Eat?

Treecreepers search for food by moving in a spiral up tree trunks. Some small seeds, and especially from pine and spruce trees, are also eaten in the winter months. I love hearing the cheeky nuthatch in the garden as it devours all the bird food it can get from my bird feeder. The Treecreeper’s diet is made up of insects, insect larvae and spiders. Posted by Walter | Jun 16, 2020. They are really fussy eaters, and so it’s a rare occasion for them to grace us with their presence – they aren’t rare birds at all, but they are renowned for their particular palette! There are several species of treecreepers, including the Eurasian and Australian treecreepers. They move up the trunk in a progression of small hops.