To the garden, Robin! Flying bat drone tackles greenhouse pests

This ultrasonic speaker, developed by Dutch firm PATS, emits a similar kind of sonar to that used by real bats on the hunt to scare off moths. — Dayo Jansen/PATS/dpa

DUBLIN: Fruit and vegetable growers dread moths, the kind of pest that can bring down even the most carefully-tended crops.

But a Dutch business has come up with a “bat-like” drone it claims both takes down moths in greenhouses or scares them off by emitting a similar kind of sonar to that used by real bats on the hunt.