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About how many insects can an insect-eating bat eat in one hour?

DulceT399 ∙

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∙ 8y ago

Updated: 10/8/2023

Some species of bats, such as the Little Brown Bat, can eat 500 - 1000 mosquitoes in one hour. So if we consider the night 8 hours, that can add up to 4000 - 8000 in a night.

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∙ 16y ago

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