Claim · #6495802
Eptesicus fuscus · biocontrol · Cicadellidae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“150 big brown bats in the Midwest eats 50,000 leafhoppers”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Insectivorous bats consume large numbers of nocturnal flying insects; specific count is observational but biologically reasonable.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Big brown bats are nocturnal aerial insectivores; leafhoppers are flying nocturnally and within prey size range.”
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