@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
Post #2956016
2026-05-03 10:18 UTC
@oz@mastodonsweden.se I think birds and bats will eat mosquitoes on occasion but are such a small part of their diet that they would not provide any control. Mosquitoes and other insects their size are just not worth the effort. The exception is when there is nothing else available, such as in the experiment when bats are trapped in a room with nothing to eat except mosquitoes ... then they eat quite a lot. https://biologyinsights.com/do-birds-eat-mosquitoes-what-the-science-says/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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@oz@mastodonsweden.se 2026-05-03 10:39
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks On my location (Northern Sweden), four to five nesting couples European pied flycatchers or one family of bats keep the yard free enough of mosquitos and black flies. No shade on using other methods where the fauna is different, though. Whatever works. Are you using chatgpt, though? Why?