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Originally Posted by Raven
bat boxes are simply bird houses with no bottom
attached to the north side of the tree for coolness
as high as possible...
and inside is some wire mesh for them to cling to
as they hang upside down....bats will eat their own weight
in bugs each night
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I lived in San Antonio TX for 3yrs.The mosquito is non existant because of the Freetail bats.From what I remember after taking the tour of Bracken Caves was that those two colonies alone eat 250 tons of insects a night!That was back in '87.These days almost every overpass,bridge and railroad trestle in south TX harbors a sizable population.
If you're ever down there and get the chance to go to the caves it is one of the most awesome things to witness those bats leaving at sundown. Television can never do it justice.