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Do bats eat butterflies?

I'm planning on putting a butterfly garden in my backyard, and I was looking at other ways to make my space more wildlife friendly. I was thinking about a bat house, for natural pest control (and I think they are neat), but do they eat butterflies?

Public Comments

1. Butterflies = Day Bats = Night No = Safe
2. Unlikely - butterflies are out during the day, bats are nocturnal.
3. Not sure. But i rarely see butterflies anymore. It might be the darn bats! But i doubt it.
4. nope, bats our out at night, butterflies are not.
5. Bats would eat moths, but would be unlikely to encounter flying butterflies at night. They would go after them only if the butterflies were flying, and bats sleep during the day.