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The size of your bat house does a lot more than determine how many bats can fit inside. Read to find out why the size of your bat box can make or break your bat house’s success.

BIG BROWN BATThese copper-colored bats are resilient and cold-hardy, which has helped them become common across North America. A small colony from a bat house once caught enough cucumber beetles in a summer to prevent them from laying over 33 million rootworm eggs. LITTLE BROWN BATThis species loves bat houses, and they’ll typically travel locally to the nearest suitable cave...

Do bats really eat mosquitoes? Can we control mosquitos without pesticides? We talk with bat expert, Dr. Merlin Tuttle to find out! Watch the video here!   We discuss the problems of toxic pesticide use, and offer several sustainable solutions for how to remove mosquitoes without using pesticides. Want to put up a bat house so the bats can eat...

Bracken Cave is home to the largest bat colony in the world. Discover what it’s like to see this amazing wildlife spectacle!