Bats and other natural predators in the Pacific Northwest

Nicole Shaw

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‎"Bats are the primary predator of agricultural pests—one bat eats 2,000 to 6,000 insects each night. Plant afternoon-blooming or night-scented flowers to attract moths, and the voracious bats that follow will help control your local mosquito population. Evening primrose, phlox, night-flowering catchfly, fleabane, goldenrod, four o’clock, salvia, nicotiana, and moonflower are all good choices." http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/making-it-home/how-to-save-backyard-bats?utm_source=wkly20120720&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=titleBruce

How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard

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Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They’re also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.

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    Stephen Ecotone Levesque Yay...been the subject over here for some time...we see the occasional bat...I did notice one living in the barn. We want to see more. Great article.

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    Cheryl McLachlan Hhhmmm... as mosquitoes consider me their personal walking blood reservoir I should look at importing or at least encouraging bats - thanks for the article. :)

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    Chris J. Slater Thanks Nicole Shaw for reminding me. In 1978 I bought almost 4 acres at Florence Lake in Langford, B.C. to go "back to the land". On the property were two natural ponds and I used to enjoy sitting and watching the dusk antics of the local bat population naturally feeding on flying insects, primarily mosquitoes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_British_Columbia has a very good listing and information about the mammals of B.C. Destruction of habitat? Eventually I needed to sell this property, It is now called Florence Lake Estates, the ponds filled in and townhouses and SFD cover the land with their monoculture lawns...thanks in part to me, as you'll see how my "development" of that property proceeded at http://chrisjslater.blogspot.ca/2011/07/thats-life.html

    

    List of mammals of British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Chris J. Slater Well, if there is Karma, I'm now living at Southgate Mobile Home Park in South Nanaimo and it is impossible to sit outside after sunset because of the unnaturally wet spring and no natural predators to the (female) mosquitoes who desire my blood! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito. I'm sure Mr. Robert Wager (VIU TECHNICIAN, Monsanto Wager) will soon be decrying Nanaimo's lack of a spraying campaign...https://www.google.ca/search?q=Mr.+Wager+%28VIU+Monsanto+Wager%29&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a. I would rather build bat boxes for my repentance, thanks! More useful info about Bats and the Pacific Northwest...http://www.batsnorthwest.org/bat_house_central.html. Also be sure to go to their plans for a Rocket-Box Bat House http://www.batsnorthwest.org/rocketbox_plans.pdf. I'll get right at it! This winter? Hmm, don't even see the carnivorous yellow jacket wasps this year... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jacket

    

    Mosquito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    The mosquitoes are a family of small, midge-like flies: the Culicidae. Although ...See more