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Ok I know you all think they're cute, but they're making our home pretty gross. What can I do to get them to find another place to nest? I've already put up a bat house but they won't move to it.

Yes that is guano filling up in the space between the mesh and the vent. The red thing is a peppermint scent diffuser, I was hoping it would gross them out and they would leave. What else should I try?

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2024/11/09
20:36 UTC

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Bat illustrations from Ashmole 304. 13th century, England [570x571] (not op)

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2024/11/09
18:58 UTC

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🦇🖤

3 Comments
2024/11/07
13:27 UTC

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could having a bat box on a house lead to a batbug infestation?

Hey! Just curious about a potential situation: I got a bat box for our cabin Airbnb in a Vermont forest. In the past, we've had the occasional bat try to rest in a window, so I bought a bat box to hang on the side of the house in the future, to provide a home for the bats and help manage insect populations on our property, which also has several brooks. But yesterday, I learned what batbugs are, so now I'm a bit anxious to actually hang up the box in the spring, once the cabin's siding has been redone. Could a bat box on the side of the house lead to a batbug infestation inside the house? I got it in hopes of providing a home for a lucky bat family and to enjoy the fruits of their insect-chomping ways, but now I'm unsure. What do you guys think? Thanks!

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2024/11/05
23:50 UTC

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My local nature reserve uses red lights to reduce the impact on bats

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2024/11/05
04:47 UTC

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All the windy nights gave this bat a chance to heal.

Thanks for calling, Andy!

24 Comments
2024/11/04
21:47 UTC

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🦇🖤🦇

6 Comments
2024/11/04
13:10 UTC

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Little brown bat colony makes a rare daytime appearance in Florida

myotis luci noli fugus 🤷🏻‍♂️

7 Comments
2024/11/02
23:17 UTC

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One spectacled flying fox per day keeps the sadness at bay??

11 Comments
2024/10/31
10:37 UTC

418

Bat tights!

5 Comments
2024/10/31
00:32 UTC

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Bat in Driveway

At about five pm in Ohio I found a bat laying on my driveway next to my house. I went to pick it up with a shovel but it lifted its head and kinda hissed at it but then remained still afterwards so I decided to leave it be. At about 8 pm looked out the window and didn't see it there anymore. What would cause it to just lay there at that time of the afternoon? Rabies? Also would it have been able to crawl away and climb up something to fly off? Slightly worried that it would've have crawled to the backyard where my dog hangs out. It looked like a little brown bat. Thanks

7 Comments
2024/10/30
20:45 UTC

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Babiesssssss

6 Comments
2024/10/30
11:42 UTC

141

I made a jack-o’-lantern yesterday 🦇

I have a broken wing :/

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2024/10/30
02:34 UTC

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Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat is a species of megabats that can be found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

31 Comments
2024/10/29
20:25 UTC

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My Jack-O-Batern

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2024/10/29
12:11 UTC

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Couldn’t resist buying a box of this special treat in honor of Bat Week!

4 Comments
2024/10/29
06:19 UTC

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