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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read all the replies, but: 1. Most bat houses remain empty unless you are evicting bats from a nearby roost/building. 2. [b]Bats eat very few mosquitos. Too small for it to be efficient for them[/b]. 3. Very few bats have rabies, and unless you are picking up rabid bats bare-handed, there is almost no chance of contracting rabies. So basically, there aren't really downsides, but the benefits you seek aren't very likely. But you could at least try. -bat biologist[/quote] "A single little brown bat (myotis) can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour..." http://www.batrescue.org/batfacts/batfacts.html I vote pro-bat. However, you are right most bat houses remain empty. They need appropriate take off/landing clearances and most residential spaces don't provide that.[/quote]
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