Claim · #6495803
Eptesicus fuscus · biocontrol · Diabrotica spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“38,000 cucumber beetles, 16,000 June bugs, and 19,000 stink bugs”
- 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
“Eptesicus fuscus is documented to consume beetles including Diabrotica; consumption magnitude is observational but reasonable.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Big brown bats are known beetle specialists; adult Diabrotica fly nocturnally and are typical prey.”
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