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Bats are important to our economy and environment
Bats are the only flying mammal and make up about 20% of all mammal species. They are the second largest order of mammals (second to rodents). There are over 1300 species and can have a wing span from 6 inches up to 6 feet. Read more ...
Bats have been found (fossils and live) on all continents except the poles and a few islands. Their habitat ranges from tree lines in the north to tree line in the south. The only exclusion are the permanent snow covered areas and extreme deserts. Read more ...
Most sounds from bats are too high a frequency for humans to hear. Those who study bats use ultrasound detectors (bat detectors) to pick up these sounds. Read more ...
Some bats eat more than 70% of their body weight insects in a single night and a pregnant bat can consume 100% of her body weight in insects. This could be 5000 insects a night from a single bat. They are nature's ultimate insect control. This has many advantages. It reduces crop destroying insects which saves billions of dollars in the agriculture industry. This saving flows over to reduced cost for the consumer. Bats consume thousands of mosquitoes each night which helps reduce the spread of malaria. Read more ...
Bats help control diseases such as malaria by consuming many of the insects that spread such diseases. Read more ...
150 big brown bats can consume enough adult cucumber beetles in one summer to prevent egg-laying that would produce 33 million of their root-worm larvae, a major pest of corn. Read more ...
De Hoop cave is the largest known roost in South Africa with an estimated 300,000 bats. This large numbers of bats is estimated to eat 100 tons every year and saving farmers thousands of rands on insecticides every year. Read more ...
Studies have shown that bats save the corn industry more than $1 billion annually from the corn earworm which is destructive to corn crops. Read more ...
Insect eating bats are an excellent pest control method. In the United States it is estimated that they save the U.S. agricultural industry at least $3 billion a year. Read more ... Read more ...
They are important pollinators and seed dispensers and critical for tropical reforestation. Read more
Fruit and nectar feeding bats pollinate many plants, including an estimated 450 commercial plants used by us. Foods such as bananas, peaches, guavas, mangoes, avocado, figs, dates, papaya, almonds, cashew nuts, vanilla and other products such as tequila (from the agave plant), carob and many more. Read more ...
Bracken Cave (Texas) has the largest bat population in the world with over 20 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats. In one night they consume several tons of insects that destroy agriculture crops or carry malaria. Just in south central Texas, it is estimated to save farmers $741,000 a year in pest control in the cotton production. Read more ... Additional reading ...
Bat guano also has some awesome benefits as it is high in nitrogen and phosphorus which makes it a beneficial fertilizer. Read more ...
Additional benefits from bats
Bats are declining due to a lack of insects and aren’t just for Halloween — here’s how to help them
Bats are one of the most important misunderstood animals
Bats, buzzards and other ‘icky’ things have a purpose
Bats perform 'vital pest control' on crops
Fear a world with no bats
Fruit bats 'vitally important' to Guam's forests
In Abilene, and beyond, bats are the best for bug control
Lighting the Bat Signal
Pollination by bats enhances both quality and yield of a major cash crop in Mexico
Role of bats in our ecosystems
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Insect eating bats eat half their weight (or more) in bugs every single night.
This is equivalent of a 160 pound human eating EIGHT 10 pound bags of potatoes every day.
Can you do that?
This is equivalent of a 160 pound human eating EIGHT 10 pound bags of potatoes every day.
Can you do that?
Bats are your friend!
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