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, it’s time to call an expert.
When you call Brown's Integrated Pest Management for bat control, rest assured 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 literally ruin your home. Can you imagine what years and years worth of droppings and urine can do to your sheet rocked ceilings, insulation and personal belongings? Not to mention, bat feces is full of carcinogens that are bad for your homes air quality. Bats are territorial 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.
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