Do bats eat moths?

Have you ever thought about how hard it is to find pieces of munched mosquito in a pellet of bat poo? Perhaps not but for many years I have. Luckily, I have been part of a wonderful research project that has overcome the difficulties of studying the diet of insectivorous vertebrates. read more

Finally, techniques similar to ours have now been used widely. Some used it to determine if bats are eating agricultural insect pests. Others used it to track bats and their response to seasonal fluctuations of these pest insects. And some wanted to know what snakes eat. (Spoiler: it’s bats). read more