Bats to Control Insects (forum)

Mark starts with ...
Has anyone thought about, or tried to keep those small bat's to keep insect pests under control? .... If so, how did it go? ... I'm talking about those tiny bats that are ofter mistaken for being large moths or sparrows & live on Insects, NOT those fruit bats.

Time: 22nd February 2012 5:36pm

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snottiegobble says...
Mark, I know you mean micro-bats & they eat thousands of mozzies every evening. You can make your own bat roosts to hang up out of pine & thin plywood. They are usually oblong shaped with inner partitions arranged kinda like frames in a bee box, but further apart,& they have shadecloth stuck on their sides for the bats to grip. of course the roosts are hung or fastened upside down in a sheltered spot.

Time: 22nd February 2012 6:18pm

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Speedy says...
yeah, along the road reserve out front of my place there are lots of mallee trees growing there.
I've gone along and cleaned out some of the fallen hollow branches and lodged them in the trees.
All in the hope that it might encourage bats to take up residence in some of them.
I was checking one out last year that I'd put up a few months previous and counted 12bats fly out of it.

when placing bat boxes, put them where they'll get full sun, the bats love warmth.



Time: 22nd February 2012 7:20pm

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snottiegobble says...
Thats great Speedy , more people could easily do that! Mark, I just checked google about building bat roosts & under No1 & 2 "constructing bat flats" are instructions & a drawing to make a simple "duplex". I have printed both & will build one this weekend.

Time: 22nd February 2012 7:43pm

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BJ says...
Can you post links to good sites and designs? Or any tips? i'd love to put some up as I'd assume they'd go some way to reducing the fruit moth populations as well.

Time: 22nd February 2012 8:05pm

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brad says...
i presume all states have similar info to
http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,16/Itemid,/
presuming perth info is valid elsewhere,joe is excellent
http://gobatty.com.au


Time: 22nd February 2012 9:29pm

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Julie says...
I never knew we had bats in WA! I hope they do these tours again in 2012.

Excellent link Brad!

Time: 23rd February 2012 8:19pm

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Mike says...
BJ you might need a diadem horseshoe bat to take down a fruit moth but unfortunately they don't extend quite to your place.The freetail bats of several types that are common in roofs in northern australia do a good job with mozzies.The micro bats would probably help control small moth pests in places away from the cities and only a few types could be lured in to roosts.

Time: 24th February 2012 11:38pm

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