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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 496928" data-attributes="member: 389">I retrieved this little summary of PMs and mosquitos off the interweb:Why Purple Martins Do Not Control Mosquitoes, in particular I liked the last paragraph.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different Schedules: Purple martins hunt during the daylight hours, while mosquitoes are mostly active in the evening and at night. [<a href="https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/purple-martins-eat-mosquitoes/" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmo3G-b4e0g&t=2" target="_blank">2</a>]</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different Altitudes: Martins feed high in the air (usually 15 to 300 feet up), while mosquitoes stay close to the ground (within six feet) and hide in damp bushes. [<a href="https://www.mosquitodistrict.com/purple-martin-facts-and-myths" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/purple-martins-eat-mosquitoes/" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmo3G-b4e0g&t=2" target="_blank">3</a>]</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Diet Studies: Stomach content analyses organized by groups like the <a href="https://www.purplemartin.org/purplemartinbasics/" target="_blank">Purple Martin Conservation Association</a> show that mosquitoes make up less than 2% of a martin's diet. Their preferred prey includes larger flying insects like dragonflies, flies, and beetles. [<a href="https://birdschoice.com/blogs/news/purple-martin-houses" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.purplemartin.org/purplemartinbasics/" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://www.mosquitodistrict.com/purple-martin-facts-and-myths" target="_blank">3</a>]</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Origin of the Myth: The claim that a single purple martin eats 2,000 to 10,000 mosquitoes a day was started decades ago by aluminum birdhouse manufacturers to boost sales. [<a href="https://birdschoice.com/blogs/news/purple-martin-houses" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://purplemartinforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=33556" target="_blank">2</a>]</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote>

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