Bats Feed on Crop Pests in Sacramento Valley
Long RF, Simpson T, Ding T, Heydon S, Reil W. 1998. Bats Feed on Crop Pests in Sacramento Valley. California Agriculture. 52(1):8-10
Food habits of Mexican free-tailed bats and Yuma myotis bats were examined in the Sacramento Valley. Analyses of guano samples indicated that Mexican free-tailed and Yuma myotis bats fed on moths, water boatmen, beetles, flies, midges, mosquitoes, and plant buts.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Long, Rachael; Simpson, Tiffanie; Ding, Tzung-Su; Heydon, Steve; Reil, Wilbur
- Units
- LAKE
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Chiroptera (Bats), Distribution (Biodiversity), Feeding Habits, food supply, insect pests, Mammalia (Mammals), Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa Links To References