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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We actually just put up bat houses.[/b] Each bat can eat 10k mosquitoes a night. We didn't do this because of Zika though, more because this area (NOVA) has horrible mosquitoes.

I'm a mosquito magnet and I honestly won't go out at night if it gets bad here. I'm pregnant too. [/quote]

Bathouses are an awesome idea. Please tell me if you did it yourself or had a company do it for you? Also, can you share the cost of this project?

Thanks.[/quote]

We did it ourselves. You buy the bat house (looks like a bird house) and then nail it on a tree?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dlawngarden&field-keywords=bat+house [/quote]

Did any bats take up residence yet? I've heard it hard to get them to come. [/quote]

We just installed about 2 weeks ago. I haven't seen any yet, but you can't really see in that well. I heard it takes about 2-3 months to get bats, so I'm hoping we have lots when mosquito season starts. I back up to a wooded forest with a stream, so they should get some easy prey here. I'm rooting for them.

We can't spray here (and I don't like the environmental effects of spray) since mosquitoes come from the forest, not really our own property. [/quote]

Are you on my neighborhood listserv? Some posted about this there a few weeks ago. The expert who weighed in on the listserv on bat boxes said that the percentage occupied by bats in NoVa is abysmally low and that they aren't effective for mosquito control.

I empty all standing water after any rain and use mosquito dunks/shakers on any water I can't pour out (rain barrel, puddles, etc in wooded areas). Dunks have a bacteria that's harmless to most animals except mosquitoes -- safe for birds, mammals, amphibians, etc but kills mosquitoes in their larval stage. Got them on Amazon.[/quote]

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