There
are many reason you should have a bat house in your yard. Not only do
bats help reduce the mosquito population immensely without the use of
pesticides they also eat several other bugs.
Bats
are a nocturnal animal, that means they come out at night and feed at
night. They eat an enormous amount of insects. Most bats consume half
their body weight in a night, that is as many as 600 or more insects an
hour.
A single little brown bat can eat 3000 to 7000 mosquitoes each night.
They are natures insecticide, no poisons that damage our earth.
Bats have been loosing their natural habitat with old hallow trees, old
barns and old houses disappearing. Many bats depend on bat houses for
permanent roosting sites.
The bat houses made by Coveside Conservation Products are handcrafted of
select, kiln-dried eastern white pine for durability, attractiveness,
and insulation qualities. The walls are thick to keep the interior warm.
They are rough-sawn to provide a surface for the bats to hang onto.
Inside are several
partitions, because bats like narrow spaces, and this
allows more surface room for roosting bats. The houses
are open at the
bottom to
eliminate the need for cleaning, and to prevent birds from
nesting in the house.
Bats have been greatly
misunderstood and are generally quite harmless to people. They
do not become tangled in your hair and they do not attack humans
