Mosquitoes take over my backyard every summer, and after hearing how much a single bat can eat in one night, I decided to try attracting a colony with a proper bat house instead of relying on bug spray all season.
This is a black cedar, two-chamber bat house built to hold up to 75 bats. The black cedar exterior is a heat-retentive design, which is meant to help in cooler climates where bats need extra warmth in the roost.
I mounted mine on a pole away from bright porch lights, following the general guidance that bat houses do best with morning sun exposure and some distance from artificial light.
Bat houses generally take a season or more to attract a colony, so patience is part of the process here. The two-chamber design at least gives bats a temperature choice between chambers, which should help occupancy over time.
Pros: solid cedar construction, heat-retentive design suited to cooler climates, generous 75-bat capacity. Cons: like any bat house, occupancy is not guaranteed and depends heavily on placement and local bat activity.
This bat house is priced at $45.90, which is fair for a cedar-built structure of this size.
See the Big Bat Box double-chamber bat house here if you want a natural way to cut down on backyard mosquitoes.
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