Contribution of bat pest control to food security in Thailand. The Wrinkle-Lipped Bat (Tadarida plicata) feeds on White-Backed Planthoppers, a major rice pest in Asia,
and thereby protects rice, which is critical for food and income of local people. The value of rice loss prevented per day and individual bat is the directly prevented rice loss
(see text). SD = Standard deviation; Picture credits: Bat – modified from AnimalPicturesArchive.com; White-Backed Planthopper – modified from IRRI (S. Villareal).