I came home to a small ball of fluff and wings wrapped up in the corner of my porch one day, so for gits and shiggles I put up a small bat box on a post against the trees nearby.

It took a week or two but I noticed it was in use when I went outside one night and saw one pop out of it.

Protip: be very careful about what you use to stain/paint it. Apparently they don't like the smell of those things. I didn't paint mine.

Bats need a real estate agent...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

It helps if you actually live near bats

So you SHOULDN'T expect thousands of bats to travel thousands of miles for your roost? Good to know!

crosses "build bat roost by Greenland vacation house" from to-do list

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A friend of mine loves being in his backyard but hates the mosquitoes. He heard about this bat roost thing and installed one about 5 years ago. It has not attracted a single bat.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

It's important to build the right kind of roost.

Check https://www.batcon.org/ for guidance and inspiration