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Propane-powered Mosquito Traps: What's the deal? Do they work?
Chas Hurst wrote:
In other words, while I can believe that bats can detect, and eat a lot of flying insects (moths, etc) I simply don't believe that mosquitoes form any significant portion of their diet. That's just plain ignorance. Bats eat lots of mosquitoes, and it doesn't matter what portion of the bats diet mosquitoes make. A bat that eats one mosquito per night would not it a good reason to try to attract bats to my back yard. And you didn't respond to my comment that I question if a mosquito is large enough to be detectible to the echo-location mechanism that bats use to locate and consume their flying food items at night. |
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Propane-powered Mosquito Traps: What's the deal? Do they work?
"Yard Guy" wrote in message ... Chas Hurst wrote: In other words, while I can believe that bats can detect, and eat a lot of flying insects (moths, etc) I simply don't believe that mosquitoes form any significant portion of their diet. That's just plain ignorance. Bats eat lots of mosquitoes, and it doesn't matter what portion of the bats diet mosquitoes make. A bat that eats one mosquito per night would not it a good reason to try to attract bats to my back yard. And you didn't respond to my comment that I question if a mosquito is large enough to be detectible to the echo-location mechanism that bats use to locate and consume their flying food items at night. "A single bat can swallow 600 to 1,000 mosquitoes an hour, depending on the bat species. An individual bat feeds for an hour or so at dusk and retreats to its home site to rest. A second feeding may take place near dawn. With about 100 small brown bats in a typical single colony, a lot of mosquitoes can disappear in a single night. " http://news.ufl.edu/2004/10/27/bats-n-skeeters/ Moron. |
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Propane-powered Mosquito Traps: What's the deal? Do they work?
Yard Guy wrote
Chas Hurst wrote In other words, while I can believe that bats can detect, and eat a lot of flying insects (moths, etc) I simply don't believe that mosquitoes form any significant portion of their diet. That's just plain ignorance. Bats eat lots of mosquitoes, and it doesn't matter what portion of the bats diet mosquitoes make. A bat that eats one mosquito per night would not it a good reason to try to attract bats to my back yard. And you didn't respond to my comment that I question if a mosquito is large enough to be detectible to the echo-location mechanism that bats use to locate and consume their flying food items at night. It clearly must be when its known that bats eat huge numbers of mosquitos in a single sitting. And that is trivial to prove by killing the bats and examining their stomach contents. |
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