What Will Happen If Bats Disappear?

If bats disappear we will lose the primary predator of night-flying insects. A niche is a specific role a species plays within an ecosystem and bats consume insects such as pests, mosquitoes, corn earworm moths, and cotton bollworms. Many of these are crop-destroying and bats cosumption of these insects help handle the situation. Also, bats are responsible for polinating and seed-distrubution. Their habitat in which they live affects agricultural regions such as Colorado's San Luis Valley. Bats had the capability to pull "about 100 metric tons of insects out of the air in a year." This situation fits into the biodiversity unit were working on because it ties in with the species relationships and niches.