Bat Houses

[moni]

OK, a pet store owner told me today, that if a person places a "Bat House" on their property, they will have no more mosquitos. We really don't have many anyway, but I immediately thought of my friends in Houston. Anyone hear about this? I think you place it under the eaves of your house. Of course, you may not want Bats hanging around your home, but it's a thought.

[Saddleman]

Usually bathouses (the ones that I see around Austin anyways) are on tall poles, like some bird houses are. You'd most likely only see the bats at dusk and dawn.

[MidtownCoog]

There are bats all over Houston. But I doubt if you have a house they just stay in your yard and eat.

I see them every morning in my back yard, and used to see them all the time after the sun set downtown.

[bachanon]

i notice them flying around street lamps. i can't see how the small bat houses would attract bats though.

[JLWM8609]

i notice them flying around street lamps. i can't see how the small bat houses would attract bats though.

But I do see how these small bat houses would attract money to the pet store owner.

[brucesw]

Other species eat mosquitos, too, and are perhaps more pleasant to have around or less likely to prompt complaints from neighbors, for instance martins and chimney swifts. A neighbor has a big martin house on a tall pole in a very nicely landscaped back yard. I have plans for a chimney swift tower somewhere but never got around to building it. It was similar to this but smaller and all wood. Chimney swifts roost on vertical surfaces.

Edited October 4, 2007 by brucesw