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Bat Houses ? Assisting Natural Pest Control Through Installing Bat Houses
March 26, 2011 | 
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Bat Houses ? Assisting Natural Pest Control Through Installing Bat Houses
Bats are amazing and very sociable animals that live in large colonies and can have a life span of between four and thirty years. Bats have webbed forelimbs developed as wings, which make them the only mammals that are naturally capable of true and sustained flight.
Although their look is not very pleasant and they are the last thing that anyone wants to see at night, they have an emphatically huge role in people’s lives. Namely, they are an important part of our natural environment because they are the primary nocturnal insectivores in most of the ecologies. One special kind of bat called micro-bats can eat up to three hundred bugs in an hour including mosquitoes, moths, locus, and grasshoppers. Also one bat, by eating twenty female moths a night, can reduce the number of caterpillars that eat crops. Such bugs can bring devastation, since they can destroy crops and spread disease. However, there are many reasons why people are not quite familiar with these facts about bats.
First of all, bats are often considered pests and vermin, although they are actually an essential part of a healthy environment. One of the reasons for that are their hideous looks that people always relate with something dark and horrible. Secondly, there is also one type of bat that is called a vampire bat. These bats consume blood exclusively as their diet, and this along with the name itself is provoking fear concerning these mammals.
Bat’s contributions to a better human life, however, can not be narrowed only to eating harmful insects and pollinating plants. Actually, they offer some other benefits too. For example, bat’s poop, or also called guano is a very beneficial fertilizer, greatly appreciated by farmers. Guano is so strong that people must collect it wearing gas masks and protective clothing. Besides this, there is also a big benefit from vampire bats for containing a blood thinning chemical that can help stroke victims and others that need it.
Nevertheless, there are also a small number of people who know and believe in the benefits of bat conservation. Some of them are already taking part in bat conservation societies that are giving away free bat houses to all bat enthusiasts worldwide. Bat houses can be made from scratch, kits, or can also be bought already made. The requirements for installing a bat house can be already found on many web sites, as well as guidelines for successful designing a bat house.
Knowing the benefits, many people are making the effort in putting up bat houses to attract bats in the same way people are putting up bird houses in order to attract birds. There is a bat house that was constructed in 1991 at the University of Florida campus next to Lake Alice in Gainesville, which has a population of over hundred thousand bats.
So, if you are looking for a way to do some organic pest control and want to help support the bat conservation efforts, check out how you can install a bat house in your area.
Are you interested in finding out more about bats and bat conservation? At My Bat Houses Ann Moss shares with you some things that will help you understand the world of bats and how important they are for our environment. Check out more information at http://my-bat-houses.com/the-need-for-bat-conservation.
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How does the use of cedar wood effect ladybug and butterfly populates in houses made for them?
I’ve heard from multiple sources that cedar wood is best for bird and bat houses because of its insect-repellant attributes and the fact that out of all the woods on the market, it apparently lasts longest.
My question is .. does the cedar wood used for butterfly and ladybug houses REPEL the bugs they’re made for?
I don’t want to make a butterfly house out of cedar only to have all the butterflies in my area flee from it.
Help!
Thanks.
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Bird Houses : Bat House
Bird Houses : Bat House
A small brown bat can consume 600+ mosquitos in one hour; yet they do not interfere with attracting wild birds. Can house up to 25 bats. Meets guidelines from Bat Conservation International.
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10 Things to Know Before Buying Bird Houses
10 Things to Know Before Buying Bird Houses
1. Bird houses are big assortment of types, every to magnetize different species. Make a choice for house that suits to the feathered friends
2. Nesting houses magnetize birds that want to nest in hollow nesses. Such are bluebirds, woodpeckers, starlings, sparrows.
3. Your bird house must be in proportion to the size of birds which visit your home. Chickadees, wrens like little houses and so they feel secure.
4. Our bird houses are constructed to have resistance to the weather. They can stay out all the cold season to give shelter to certain species
5. You have to clean the bird house once a year , and make disinfection with a soap and some water.
6. in case your bird house is on a tree it have to be located above range and away from predators
7. Bird houses add personality to your yard. The kind of birds depends on the size and type of the house
8. Bats keep away from the yard mosquitoes and other pets. There are also bat houses for these animals
9. Wooden and bird houses from metal can revise paint when they are exhibited to the elements. The natural weathering is a share of their looks.
10. You can magnetize birds to your yard with food, water, shelter. The bird house is a mode to make the wildlife feel welcome any time and attract them to be back every year.
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Question by La Mexicana: What IS wrong?
Ok, I think I put this in the wrong query.
At one of the lowest points in my life, I met a man and we became fast friends. He told me off the bat he was a bachelor and would always remain as such. He is not kidding. I believe him. We have been “friends” ever since and he calls every morning to wake me and always says his door is open if I want to come over. At a time I needed a friend he has been there and still is. I am trying to accomplish one of the most important goals in life and he is cheering me on. The other day I wanted to give up (on the goal) and he wouldn’t let me. He always says, “I believe in you and admire you so much. You will not give up. You accomplished so much in one year.” Or something like that 
Problem? He called to say I could come over BUT tomorrow he won’t be free because he’s going to “Dave’s house” I was thinking “sure you are” and I called him and said “no im not coming” He sounded a little surprised and said “What is wrong” I said “Nothing”
I said ” Nothing” and he said ” I hope not and I hope we have lunch tomorrow, ok?” I didn’t say anything, I just said, “Well, we’ll see.” I think he only wanted me to come over so he won’t feel bad about going out with this supposed “Dave” person.
I want to have lunch with him b/c I won’t see him tomorrow night nor the weekend. But it’s my insecurity that is getting in the way, right? This awful thing that happend to me I blame but when does the healing start, I wonder.
Anyway, he once said, “When I see your face, it doesn’t matter if it was just this morning, I hold my breath. You are gorgeous.” And he said that he thought I was precious but that I probably didnt believe him. I am insecure and I want to believe that but not only do I embarress easy I can’t see that in myself and I know that is a problem.
Why do I feel bad? Why can’t I for once just enjoy his company and not analyze every damn thing?
Sorry. I think it was more letting it out than a question.
I don’t know whether to have lunch with him tomorrow or not make myself so available. We hang out alot but maybe I need to play hard to get? I hate hate games though. And why play? He’s a bachelor!
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Answer by rainsong
Sounds like a nice guy….what exactly is your question?
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Bat houses and attracting bats?
We’ve noticed bats flying in our backyard a few evenings. I’ve heard they are a great help with mosquito problems. What do I need to do to attract them to our backyard and is this the right time of year? We live in Oklahoma.
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