To those of you who think bats are icky and are not necessary in
the world, just consider this: one gray bat can eat 3,000
insects in one night. If there is a colony of 100,000 bats, the
colony could eat 300 million insects every night! That's
fantastic news for anyone who hates mosquitos and garden pests.
But on a larger scale, think of how bats can help control pests
that can seriously damage commercial crops. Bats help keep
extremely destructive insect populations in check, helping
farmers earn a living. In some areas of the country, farmers
have actually attracted bats to their fields on purpose by
building "bat condos" to cut down on the use of pesticides. Some
organic farms actually rely on bats as part of their plan to use
no pesticides at all. August 29, 2006 Studying the Gray Bat;
Erudition #16 Jen has a great neat post about gray bats over at
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