Bat
leaving a one way escape tube
Bats are often discovered living in
homes or other places people frequent, in a most disturbing
circumstance. Often, the first sign of a bat
infestation, is one flying around inside the house in the
middle of the night. If you hear a bat in your home, or see
one flying around in your house at night, its time to call an
expert.
When you call Brown's
Integrated Pest Management for bat control, rest assurrured we
won't come in and kill the bats. Many bats are protected
species and we will take great caution to rid your home of bats,
without harming them. The bats are safely relocated outside
your home by use of a one way escape tube and then the
entering holes are sealed. Bats are good to have
outside your home as they can eat up to 1200 mosquitoes
an hour! But bats don't belong in our homes, churches, or
places of work. Bat droppings can litterally ruin your
home. Can you imagine what years and years worth of droppings
and urine can do to your sheetrocked ceilings, insulation and
personal belongings? Not to mention, bat feces is full of
carsinogens that are bad for your homes air quality. Bats are
teritorial and live for years in the same location, all the while,
reproducing.
If you want to
encourage the bats to stay around your property, but not
in your house, you can purchase or make bat houses
that will safely contain the bats while they are sleeping during
the day. These bat houses, much like bird houses,
are installed outside as an alternative home for the
bats. Otherwise, the bats will usually leave your
property to seek a safer, sheltered place to
live.
Did you
know??
| 1.) In North
America, bats are the most endangered land mammal | |
2.) Bats are
considered nature's best bug control. | |
| 3.) Trees in
Africa and South America depend on bats to spread their
seeds. | |
| 4.) Night
blooming flowers depend on bats for pollination. | |
| 5.) The
scientific name for bats is Chiroptera meaning "hand-wing". | |
| 6.) Bats are the
only mammal that can fly. | |
| 7.) The
largest bat has almost a 6 foot wing span | |
| 8.) The smallest
bat weighs less than a penny | |
| 9.) Besides night
insects, bats eat fish, frogs, fruit, nectar, and blood from other
mammals | |
| 10.) There are
almost 1000 species of bats and three are considered
vampires | |
| 11.) Bats have
only one baby a year | |
| 12.) Insect
eating bats use echolocation to find and catch food. | |
| 13.)
Bats in cooler climates hibernate or migrate during the
winter |
