Bat Maternity House Information
Bats are very beneficial to our Ecosystem
• They are major predators of night-flying insects.
• A single bat can consume more than 1000 insects per night.
• Bats need our help as disease, wind turbines, and loss of habitat are causing high mortality rates.
• Maternity houses provide a safe haven for mothers to raise their young and can hold up to 300 individuals.
• They are major predators of night-flying insects.
• A single bat can consume more than 1000 insects per night.
• Bats need our help as disease, wind turbines, and loss of habitat are causing high mortality rates.
• Maternity houses provide a safe haven for mothers to raise their young and can hold up to 300 individuals.
BAT POPULATIONS ARE PLUNGING DUE TO:
DISEASE: White-nose syndrome is considered one of the worst wildlife diseases in modern times having killed millions of bats across North America. That information may be found at this site.
WIND TURBINES: Wind turbines kill more than 800,000 bats annually across America. Detailed information may be found here or here.
DISEASE: White-nose syndrome is considered one of the worst wildlife diseases in modern times having killed millions of bats across North America. That information may be found at this site.
WIND TURBINES: Wind turbines kill more than 800,000 bats annually across America. Detailed information may be found here or here.
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) guide on the Bats of Virginia may be found at this site.
Bat management and conservation information may be found at this site.
If you are interested in putting up a bat house on your property, this type and others may be found here.
The Historic Southside Virginia Master Naturalists, along with other chapters, monitor bats by taking acoustic readings and submitting that data to the Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal organization (BatAMP). If you are interested in doing something similar, acoustic bat monitors may be purchased at this site.
Any data collected can be submitted to this site which comes with setup instructions.
Bat management and conservation information may be found at this site.
If you are interested in putting up a bat house on your property, this type and others may be found here.
The Historic Southside Virginia Master Naturalists, along with other chapters, monitor bats by taking acoustic readings and submitting that data to the Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal organization (BatAMP). If you are interested in doing something similar, acoustic bat monitors may be purchased at this site.
Any data collected can be submitted to this site which comes with setup instructions.
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