Instead of citronella or bug spray, let bats rid your residence of mosquitoes and other insects. A bat house allows you to enjoy the outdoors and protect your family and guests from West Nile Virus.
May 31, 2006 (Press Release) --
Let bats allow you to make the outdoors great again. Bats can eat your mosquito problem away without the worry or fuss of bug repellent or bug-zappers. Your guests can enjoy themselves without worrying about dousing themselves in an industrial scent to do it. The bats, or more specifically the Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus), should not be thought of as pets, but they can be at your disposal with the utilization of a bat house.
You may not notice the small brown bat because they usually feed only at night. That’s when the little critters are most active. Like everything in nature, bats also need a place to call home. After the arrival of new baby bats, generally called pups, their mothers start looking for a new home, usually in the fall or spring seasons. This is where the bats could use a little help from you with the installation of a bat house.
A bat house is a simple enclosed, wooden structure separated into a few chambers. Some have nursery ledges for pups and their roosting mothers. The inclusion of a PVC-coated screen allows bats to attach and climb further into the structure. The owner should keep the house in the same condition when received – without any decoration – no painting, staining, or any ornamentation such as logos.
After one month, the pups are fully functional mammals, who have mastered the ability to fly and eat. This is where your enjoyment comes in. A single bat can eat up to 3,000 mosquitoes each night. With minimal assistance from you, the great outdoors becomes a pest-free area where 150 or more bats quickly consume flying insects.
Bats are a useful means of insect control, according to the Bat Conservation International, an organization that champions the bat and monitors populations of the various species worldwide. The combination of pesticides and lost habitat is thinning bat populations at the same time mosquitoes and other pests are developing resistance to many insecticides. If you have an eave or a tree over 14 feet tall, and a ready supply of mosquitoes, a bat house could work for you.
F.H.P., a company located in Virginia Beach, Va., makes top of the line commercial bat houses. F H P’s clients include the National Park Service, the U.S. Army, several universities, and virtually every vineyard in the world. Bats are instrumental in wine production as they perform as much as 40% of the pollination of grapes. FHP offers bat houses for private use starting at $40 for a single chamber box that will house more than 150 to 250 bats.
So forget running to the store to buy more citronella or bug spray. Your guests will have fond memories of their visit instead of wondering about how to dash to the shower first during on the ride back to their house. Relax and enjoy the outdoors, let the bats do all the work. For further information on bat houses and bats, visit the F.H.P. web site at http://www.batboxpro.com/ and the BCI site at http://www.batcon.org.
You may not notice the small brown bat because they usually feed only at night. That’s when the little critters are most active. Like everything in nature, bats also need a place to call home. After the arrival of new baby bats, generally called pups, their mothers start looking for a new home, usually in the fall or spring seasons. This is where the bats could use a little help from you with the installation of a bat house.
A bat house is a simple enclosed, wooden structure separated into a few chambers. Some have nursery ledges for pups and their roosting mothers. The inclusion of a PVC-coated screen allows bats to attach and climb further into the structure. The owner should keep the house in the same condition when received – without any decoration – no painting, staining, or any ornamentation such as logos.
After one month, the pups are fully functional mammals, who have mastered the ability to fly and eat. This is where your enjoyment comes in. A single bat can eat up to 3,000 mosquitoes each night. With minimal assistance from you, the great outdoors becomes a pest-free area where 150 or more bats quickly consume flying insects.
Bats are a useful means of insect control, according to the Bat Conservation International, an organization that champions the bat and monitors populations of the various species worldwide. The combination of pesticides and lost habitat is thinning bat populations at the same time mosquitoes and other pests are developing resistance to many insecticides. If you have an eave or a tree over 14 feet tall, and a ready supply of mosquitoes, a bat house could work for you.
F.H.P., a company located in Virginia Beach, Va., makes top of the line commercial bat houses. F H P’s clients include the National Park Service, the U.S. Army, several universities, and virtually every vineyard in the world. Bats are instrumental in wine production as they perform as much as 40% of the pollination of grapes. FHP offers bat houses for private use starting at $40 for a single chamber box that will house more than 150 to 250 bats.
So forget running to the store to buy more citronella or bug spray. Your guests will have fond memories of their visit instead of wondering about how to dash to the shower first during on the ride back to their house. Relax and enjoy the outdoors, let the bats do all the work. For further information on bat houses and bats, visit the F.H.P. web site at http://www.batboxpro.com/ and the BCI site at http://www.batcon.org.
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