All species of American Bats live on thousands of insects they eat after dusk. Since they love mosquitoes, they're good to have around your home and it's fun to watch their acrobatics at dusk on summer evenings.

Groups of bats, sometimes 50 or more, roost together during daytime hours. they like to crawl into snug crevices about 3/4" to 1" wide. (We've even had them roost behind the vinyl shutters at our store in Point Pleasant, PA.)


Our Bat House Condo was designed for Bat appeal. 18" high x 10 3/4" wide x 3 1/2" front to back. Center divider creates two 1" compartments, lined on one side with 1/4" square plastic mesh for bats to cling onto. Made in our Tillamook, Oregon warehouse from untreated natural Western Red Cedar.

Site Bat Condos high on walls or on 15 ft tall 4 x 4 posts with an open flyaway from trees. Bats like it warm inside, so full sun exposure facing south is preferred.

Bat Facts and Conservation

The most widely distributed bat species in the United States are the Little Brown Bat and the Large Brown Bat. Little Brown Bats especially love to roost in man-made structures and Bat Boxes with narrow crevices they can fit into snugly. Little Brown Bats will even roost behind shutters or wood siding, whenever they can find a crevice to sneak in.

All bats like a warm roosting place when they are active in summer and having their young.

So position your Bat Box high up around 15-20 ft. in an open facing spot, unobstructed by tree branches that catches morning sun.

Here’s a great informational tool at Bat Conservation International. Select your state and click – and you’ll see all species found – plus descriptive profiles of each one.

Learn More about your state’s bats. Just Google your state name + Bats.
Below are some examples.

Missouri Bats -- Here’s a great 2 minute Video from Missouri’s Dept. of Conservation. It’s an example of what you may be able to find on your own state’s websites – or adjacent state websites.

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2000/03/missouri-bats


Alabama Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/alabama-bats.html

Arkansas Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/arkansas-bats.html

California Bats
http://www.norcalbats.org/

Connecticut Bats
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2723&Q=325964

Delaware Bats
http://www.fw.delaware.gov/bats/Pages/Default.aspx

Florida Bats
http://www.floridabats.org/FloridaBats.htm

Georgia Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/georgia-bats.html

Illinois Bats
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=bat

Indiana Bats
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3371.htm

Kentucky Bats
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for48/for48.htm

Louisiana Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/louisiana-bats.html

Maryland Bats
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/bats/nhpbatfield.asp

Massachusetts Bats
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.php?subject=Mammals&id=20

Minnesota Bats
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/bats.html

Montana Bats
http://fieldguide.mt.gov/displaySpecies.aspx?family=Vespertilionidae

Nevada Bats
http://www.ndow.org/about/pubs/brochure/bat_brochure.pdf

North Carolina Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/north-carolina-bats.html

Ohio Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/ohio-bats.html

Oregon Bats
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/living_with/bats.asp

Pennsylvania Bats
http://www.batmanagement.com/Batcentral/batspecs.html

South Carolina Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/south-carolina-bats.html

Tennessee Bats
http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/tennessee-bats.html

Texas Bats
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordchiro.htm

Virgina Bats
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/bats/facts/

Washington Bats
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/batcam/

Wisconsin Bats
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/wiscbat.htm

White Nose Syndrome is a fungal disease that has decimated bat colonies especially in the North Eastern United States. But the good news is that some colonies have stabilized at about one third of their original size, because some bats are naturally resistant to the fungus.

These bats need our help to rebuild their numbers – and warm, snug bat houses help them reproduce in summer.

Learn More about WNS from these links.

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/pdf/white-nosefaqs.pdf

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/fieldnotes/fieldnotes1101-wildlife.html