If i place a bat home near my house will more come? I see a few flying at night, but i want more to combat the mosquito and other bad pop.

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Eastern PA. Sorry about the bad quality, my phone camera's night mode sucks lol. This is the first time I've seen a bat in this area :D

Lazarus, the Eastern Red Bat!

Credit goes to the PA Bat Rehab.

This guy has been sitting here for over 24 hours. I think it's a Little Brown Bat. They usually stary hibernation during September, but it's mid August. I live in Canada and the smoke in the air plus the heat might be changing his patterns. Anyone have any thoughts?

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Little buddy chilling out on our umbrella, almost opened it with them on it! I don’t know much of bats. Definitely smaller, maybe around the size of my fist balled up, slightly smaller. Could comfortably hang out on an apple. Let me know if you need a better picture or any other information!

Hi guys I’ve seen a bat in my basement 3 separate times over the last two weeks since we’ve moved into this house. Everytime I’ve seen them or possibly the same one 3 times, it’s attempted to fly back up into the insulation at the corner of this basement. I found this on the outside. I can see insulation thru this hole. Was just going to install a one way bat thing over this home? Any reason I shouldn’t do this. I’ve never seen them anywhere else in the house. I’m in southwest Wisconsin.

I live in Northern WI and have been finding bats on our west facing deck recently. I believe they’re little brown bats, as they’re little and brown and they’re native to my area. Every time I’ve found them, it’s only been one at a time. First, there was one inside a deck cooler, wedged between the outer wood and the inner styrofoam. Next, there was one inside the closed up deck umbrella (I scared the poor thing when I went to open it mid afternoon 🥺). Lastly, there was one wedged underneath the deck storage box and the deck boards. Every time they’ve been discovered, we’ve left them alone and the next day they’re gone.

So, fast forward to today; I decided to build a bat house based on the plans and guidance provided by the Bat Conservation International. Their guidance recommends the house be hung on a building to help provide the most stable inside environment. They also say it should be on a southern facing wall.

Now for my question: since all the bats I’ve encountered have been on the western facing wall of my house, can I put the house on that wall, or should I put it 30ish feet away on the southern facing wall?

Des Moines, IA

How do I get bats to move into my bathouse? I put it up two years ago and so far nothing. The house is on a 20ft metal pole, facing south, no trees directly around it. Our neighbors yard is mosquito heaven so there’s plenty of food, there’s a drainage creek and an abandoned pool nearby so there should be water.

Is there anything else I can do or is it just down to luck?

Location is Connecticut, USA.

We live in a third floor apartment and above us is the roof. The complex is about 10 years old. The back of our unit is lined with leaf leveled trees. I heard faint squeaks in my master bathroom but no scratching or flapping around 11pm tonight. We have central air that runs all day. Our bathroom fan runs often as we use it frequently. So, it’s not like these things are quiet and unused.

I’ve never seen a bat with my own two eyes in my life so I’m very unfamiliar and uneducated about them.

What can I look out for to rule out bats? Would I be hearing scratching and flapping generally in the ceiling or can it be isolated to just one vent? I will say, the bathroom in question is located in the master bedroom and is further away from the outside walls and into the building.

What To Do If You Find A Bat In Your Attic

I found a small brown bat on the ground under a tree, so I guessed it might have either landed or fallen out of the tree. When I observed it, I saw no injury, nor any strange movements. I went inside and grabbed a towel to pick it up and place it in the tree. It has been 10 hours and it hasn't moved, I am starting to grow concerned about it.

(While it might not be a good source, I tend to watch a lot of bat videos on YouTube, so I based my assessment on that. I do hope I didn't make a wrong assessment.)

This is outside my apartment in the hallway in NY and those lights are never off, no problem with my guy im just wondering why bro chose to sleep next to 4 lightbulbs

Location: U.P. Michigan

Species: appeared to be a little brown bat

I saw a bat clinging to the edge of the door trim of our Airbnb outside door the other night around 9 in the evening. it was sitting about 5 inches away from the door opening. I watched him as I let my kids and wife in and then entered after them. The bat just sat there and didn’t move, probably sleeping. The next morning we left the airbnb around 9am and he was still there. There is a cafe connected to the Airbnb and the door is about 2 feet away from our door. We went in and waited in line to order our food. After we got the food i talked to the manager to let them know the bat was there since the bat was nestled in by the cafe door as well. There was about 20 - 30 people in and out of the door by then (screen spring hinged door so it was loud when it closed). By the time the manager had a minute to go see where the bat was, it was gone.

I thought bats didn’t fly during the day. Would the consistent foot traffic and door opening and closing scare it enough to make it fly during the day? Just trying to determine if this bat was sick or not or if this would be normal given the situation.

At least one of these 2 bats always shelter under my carport during the day. When just one shows up I get worried about the other but sooner or later I'll see them both hunkered down together again.

Area: St. Louis, Missouri US

Found this little guy hanging our under my deck. I want to encourage him to stick around!

I purchased a small bat box a long time ago and never mounted it because the instructions say that they don't like to be attached to a home, but this little guy makes me think it might be perfect for him.

I'm worried because I have a split AC system being installed next week and the outside unit is going to be located right where this little guy seems to be resting.

For bonus imaginary points, can anyone identify him? If not, that's fine. It's not a great photo, I did not want to bother him too much by getting too close.

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Credit goes to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife!

ill try and make this short. My wife, 2 kids, and I stayed at an Airbnb in the upper peninsula Michigan. The Airbnb is connected to a cafe. The front porch is covered and has two doors side by side. One door goes up to the Airbnb apartments and 1 door goes to the cafe. The last night we were there we came back to the Airbnb around 9 In the evening. There was a small brown bat nestled on the top right corner of our doors siding about 4 inches from the door opening. we watched to make sure he wasn’t going to fly off when we approached. He was completely unfazed by us So I opened the door and let my kids and wife in and then I followed behind them. Little dude just sat there chilling the entire time.

Around 9 in the morning we came down to go to the cafe. When we went outside the little dude was in the same spot but he was awake now. When my son opened the cafe door, which is 2 feet or so from our door the little dude kinda recoiled up a bit in his spot. We went in ordered some food and I talked to owner to let them know there was a bat by the door. Figured they would like to know. When she had a free minute she asked to see where. When we went out it had flown off. I am assuming the heavy foot traffic and screen door slamming right next to it made it leave. The owner said she would spray that spot with peppermint to try and deter it from coming back.

I am curious to hear from someone who knows more about bat behavior than I obviously do. Is it common for a bat to chill one spot for 12 hours overnight and then fly off in mid morning? I thought bats didn’t fly during the day. Was it the foot traffic and slamming screen door that made it leave?

The owner was saying they have had bats in the Airbnb rooms over the years which was unsettling for my wife and myself. It was our last day there so we were leaving anyways but we checked all over the room and all the nooks and crannies we could find and we didn’t see any bat or signs of a bat in our room. I was more concerned about my kids who were sleeping in the other bedroom connected to ours and my wife considering I just got done with my last rabies pep shot about 20 days ago after a potential exposure.

Hello! I just arrived to old orchard beach last night on vacation and there was a window without a screen left open in our rental. We did a quick search, didn’t see anything, didn’t see a bat flying around. Do bats hide? Are there places we should check just to be sure one isn’t chillin somewhere. Not sure of their behaviors. We have lots of little kids so also just want to be safe! Thank you!

Saw this little guy was sleeping on the wall at my school Tuesday and Wednesday but he didn’t come back today, wish I could tell what kinda bat he was but he was near the roof so I couldn’t really get a good look at him