Common long-eared bat. This could very well be the last thing an unfortunate inawxr sees!
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Common long-eared bat. This could very well be the last thing an unfortunate insect sees!
Unlike many other bats, they don't generally use echolocation while hunting: their main prey animals, moths, can hear bat echolocation signals and will flee immediately. Instead, their hearing is sensitive enough to locate moths in flight - and they also have unusually good vision for a bat. They often hunt by day.
This one has a nick in one ear, because bats have life stories too.
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dataramareplied to datarama last edited by [email protected]
As a little footnote: Sometimes, swarms of melolontha beetles display a rather striking and odd-looking behaviour, namely that the entire swarm suddenly drops to the ground almost as if they all just "switch off" at the same moment.
This is what they do when they hear the telltale click-click-click of an incoming bat - bats can't catch them in the grass. It is also exactly why long-eared bats don't hunt by echolocation.