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Bats actively prey on mosquitoes and other deleterious insects in rice paddies: Potential impact on human health and agriculture.

Xavier Puig-MontserratCarles FlaquerNoelia Gómez-AguileraAlbert BurgasMaria MasCarme TuneuEduard MarquèsAdrià López-Baucells
Published in: Pest management science (2020)
Our results suggest that bats actively exploit the emergence of adult mosquitoes and further prove that they prey on mosquitoes, nonbiting midges and other deleterious insects. Promoting the presence of bats next to human settlements in such agroecosystems may constitute a biological control system with direct impact on both human health and crop yield. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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