Barn Bat

   / Barn Bat #1  

jaydee325

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Casco, Mi
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John Deere X584 Garden Tractor & LS R3039H
Finally figured out what was pooping in the barn. This has been going on several months and my wife finally spotted the culprit!

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   / Barn Bat #2  
The good news is that the little bat will get rid of thousands of mosquitoes.
 
   / Barn Bat #3  
I wish I had a few dozen.
 
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#4  
Yep! I'm willing to put up with a little bat poop. At least it is not pooping on my tractor.

I'm guessing it must have a mate.
 
   / Barn Bat #5  
Hmmm.......your MI barn bat is 2X the size I have here. I have about a dozen that roost in a small cubby hole in the corner of the house eves. I pulled off the eve board and sectioned off a small portion with expanding styrofoam. It's just the right size for this little group. Put the eve board back on - now they have their own little bat house.

They have a tough job this year. The mosquitos are numerous and vicious.
 
   / Barn Bat #7  
Buy or build them a house or houses. Keep it away from an area you spend evenings at, but near where you want the bugs eliminated from. They will move in. There is quite a flock behind my barn shutters and in several houses I've put up behind my house.
 
   / Barn Bat #8  
Bats group in colonies.
 

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