Since spring, the increase of mosquitoes has been annoying and I have been researching countermeasures. One that I have found is bats and I have discovered that I have a nearly perfect environment for them.
Bat houses (like the ones HERE) are best located about 15′ high, on a wall with a Eastern or Southeastern exposure with early morning sunshine and within 800 feet or so of water.
Turning around you see this:
I’ve ordered a Bat House (See HERE) to mount under the eaves under near where the “SLSW” is stenciled (to avoid guano collecting on the solar panels). I’m not sure if the local bats are migratory or not, but we should have bats moved in by next spring.
The box should be in the shade after about 1:00pm so I don’t expect them to get overheated. We will see how it fares.