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- From: Elfpermacl <Elfpermacl@aol.com>
- To: yount@csf.Colorado.EDU, permaculture@envirolink.org
- Subject: Re: Mosquitoes and Bats
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:29:38 EST
In a message dated 1/10/98 1:50:31 PM, yount@csf.Colorado.EDU wrote:
<<Their web site says,
"A single little brown bat can catch 600 mosquitoes in just one hour."
Given that some bats act as pollinators, I wonder if anyone, in
the vein of butterfly gardens, is keen on bat gardens. :)
Michael
yount@csf.colorado.edu
>>
Hi Michael:
I don't think that the pollinator bats and fruit bats eat mosquitoes. But
maybe the pollinators are eating insects attracted to their diet or maybe they
are strangely specialized "omni"vores. Anyone know for sure?
Dan
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Re: Mosquitoes and Bats,
Jack Rowe, 01/09/1998
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Re: Mosquitoes and Bats,
Michael Totten, 01/10/1998
- Re: Mosquitoes and Bats, Michael Yount, 01/10/1998
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Mosquitoes and Bats, YankeePerm, 01/10/1998
- Re: Mosquitoes and Bats, David Fuller, 01/10/1998
- Re: Mosquitoes and Bats, Elfpermacl, 01/11/1998
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Re: Mosquitoes and Bats,
Michael Totten, 01/10/1998
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