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?