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===Diet=== Their diet in the summer is mostly [[insect]]s such as [[weevil]]s, [[leafhopper]]s, [[leaf beetle]]s, [[Halyomorpha halys|stinkbug]]s, [[caterpillar]]s, [[moth]]s and [[spider]]s.<ref name=Easterla>{{cite journal|author=Easterla, D. A. |date=1 April 1962|title=Foods of Le Conte's sparrow|journal= [[Ornithology (journal)|The Auk]]|volume=79 |issue=2 |pages= 272β273|doi=10.2307/4082534 |jstor=4082534 }}</ref> During the winter time the main diet consists of [[seed predation|seeds]] of [[grass]]es and [[weed]]s such as [[Sporobolus heterolepis|northern dropseed]], [[Indian grass]], [[Alopecurus pratensis|yellow foxtail]], [[Panicum virgatum|panic-grass]], [[scorpion-grass]], [[little bluestem]], and [[big bluestem]].<ref name=Easterla/>
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