How Do You Use Bats For Bug Control?
Despite what a lifetime of horror movies have shown you, bats live on insects and fruit, not on blood sucked from the necks of humans. In fact, a few bats around the house can be extremely useful in controlling pests like moths and mosquitoes. Each bat can eat hundreds or thousands of insects each night, often without your noticing they are even flying about. Buy or build bat houses. If building your own bat house, take care to build it according to the specifications in the plan you use. Bats are particular about their roosting spaces. Place your bat houses correctly. Bats won’t use houses mounted on trees or vinyl siding, but they will use those mounted on poles, hung under the eaves of your house or mounted on stone or brick walls. Protect your bat house from the elements and predators. Bat houses should be exposed to full sunlight for much of the day. Rain getting inside will cause bats to abandon the house. Mount the houses high enough to keep squirrels and other small animals fro
