With a swish of his cape, Count Dracula ruined the reputation of bats forevermore. Maybe.
In the 120 years since ”Dracula” came on the scene and spooked us into believing bats are bad, we’re beginning to get a grasp on the truth: Their voracious appetite for insects turns them into a living pesticide that saves farmers billions of dollars a year and helps rid our backyards of insects like mosquitoes, moths, grasshoppers, flies and beetles.…
