This is Bruce. Sometimes he is on the porch but he’s never been spread out like this. Is he ok? Should I call someone? I don’t know much about bat behavior.

Hello! Does anyone have a recommendation for a website where to get our bat house and pole? I came across bestnest.com and they have some kits. I don’t know how trustworthy they are. Do you have any experience with them, or with any other sites?

Thank you.

I live next to a major bat colony so it seems they are frequenting around my home. I can hear them chirping all night and see them swarm past my balcony but the moment they see me they change direction and fly away. It is dark but I'd like to take a photo of one. How would you convince one to land somewhere? I won't be touching it but just want to be within a few feet of one that is stationary. This is a carnivorous species so fruits likely won't work.

Despite the wife's and kids' slight nervousness, I want to attract bats to our property. Besides the fact that I think they are awesome, I know they would massively help with mosquitos. I planned to install a bat house last fall, but I realized there was no good water source for them nearby (which I read was an issue). My daughter has been asking for us to build a fish pond in the backyard, and I thought that would be a great way to also get the bats water. Would they still drink from a pond if it had a small waterfall and a small fountain shooting water up? I want to make it as easy for them to drink as possible

Excuse the ignorance of the question:

My students have each made a Kent style kit ripped from plank of cedar and we’re getting ready to assemble them.

Students have expressed interest in painting them - I would think it would do better unpainted . What are the communities thoughts ?

What would be the best from protecting them from the elements? Or do you just let nature take its course ?

hello everyone! bear with me here.

for context, the house i rent has had an issue with bats since last summer when i moved in (for context i am in WI). i went to do laundry in my basement, and a larger beige colored bat flew at my head. i notified my landlords and they said “we will take care of it” (a recurring line they say). we have also had bats on and off in our shower vent.

in the past two weeks, there have been three bat occurrences in my house. 1.) there was a little brown bat flying in the hallway that my roommate and i had to catch and get rid of. our cats were able to find it hiding under our fridge after we thought we lost it. 2.) i went to do my laundry a day later and there was a bat in the washing machine. unfortunately i did not see it before i started the washer. this bat too was a little brown bat. again, notified the landlord and they said “we will come check it out” and they didn’t. 3.) not even a week after that, my roommates had a bat flying in their bathroom. my roommate again had to catch it and let it go. yet again, landlords “taking care of it”.

over the last few months i have heard scrabbling and squeaking in my bedroom ceiling. i looked up a bat sounds audio and sure enough, there’s a bat residing in my ceiling! i have no idea how this little guy is still alive because it has been there for MONTHS. now there isn’t an attic in my house, so there is no way for me to access where said bat would be. this bat seems to be active around 5am and a few times throughout the entire day. i never really hear it at night. how can i get the poor guy out of my ceiling? my landlords are no help, and they said exterminators won’t come unless the weather is a certain degree.

We bought this piece of property in coastal Virginia and love it, but the mosquitoes are horrible. We already have bats in the area that we see regularly, so we decided to try a box to keep them nearby.

I think it’s about 15 ft up on this dead tree. It gets a lot of sun and faces south. I’m in New England!

I got this tattoo last weekend. I thought I’d share it here with my follow bat lovers 🦇

I'm doing a school project on this topic & I was wondering if some of you guys, have any interesting facts about ethology of bats.

Or any facts about their behavior

I live in the Houston area. Am I safe to seal up an outdoor entry point to my attic at, say, 10 pm tonight? I figure by then, if I have any bats in my attic, they’ll be out flying around. And they haven’t had babies yet, so I won’t be trapping them inside. I was gonna ask use some Loc-Tite foam to seal up a corner of my house under an overhang. Thoughts?