Claim · #6495943
Chiroptera (order) · biocontrol · Diabrotica spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“consume as many as 100,000 insects — such as cucumber beetles and moths”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Insectivorous bats predate nocturnal beetles and moths; biocontrol classification appropriate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bats consume Diabrotica adults during nocturnal flight; predator role and direction correct.”
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