QUESTION: would there be much point to putting up bat houses on my property since I live on a havily eooddd lot with minimal open space? Are they ways to draw other misqito eaters (purple martins, mantises)? We are having a very rainy 2018 in the SE US which is driving mosquito numbers up and increasing the risk/incidence of mosquito transmitted encephalitis etc... Besides, I find eaters of mosqitos cool. (:
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.in some cases a straw hat, left on a hook outside, may be sufficient to accommodate 7 or more micro bats 
walklightly
Level 8
Aug 2, 2018
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My dad got a bunch in a hanging arrangement of dried peppers! (:
If I had this problem I would build so many bat houses the mosquitos would fly away in fear.
dalefvictor
Level 8
Aug 1, 2018
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A bat house wouldn't hurt anything. They're small, so even if it takes until next year to get bats, its little effort to try.
I'd certainly check out your local nature center or conservation department for advise. They generally love it when people ask for natural solutions to pests.
Sairavana
Level 6
Aug 1, 2018
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What I read suggests they are only worth putting up in open areas, which this is not. I wondered if any other forest dwellers had tried and succeeded.
I WILL reach out to the dxtension and university, though. (good idea!) (:
Thanks!