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Bat house?

Anyone have a bat house in their yard? The mosquitoes have been insane this year, so I'm willing to try anything so we can enjoy our yard. We just installed ours today, so I'm curious if anyone has one, do you have any bats, and if so- how long did it take them to find your house and move in?
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Re: Bat house?

  • Apparently, my attic is our bat house :)  We had bats in the house on 3 occasions this winter and thankfully, it's finally getting warm enough to have the attic treated to get rid of them.

    Bat houses always make me think of the massive one at University of Florida.  It's a colony of 100,000 bats - the largest in north america.  Quite a spectacle to see them leave! 

  • LSU628LSU628 member
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    According to the websites I researched, if you put the bat house near where they are getting in your attic, they should quickly relocate. It would be nice to have the benefits of the bats without the pain of them being in your house/attic.
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  • ~NB~~NB~ member
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    Most mosquitoes live their entire lives with 30' of where they are hatched. Make sure you have no standing water in your yard, including clogged gutters. They only need 1 tablespoon of standing water to breed.
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