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Bat House Building Forget about the bug spray. If you really want to control insects in your back yard or farm, build a bat house. The design is extremely important. Of the eight common types, the tallest and widest houses perform the best. J. MacGregor and D. Dourson of the Daniel Boone National Forest said that the best results are to locate houses in 1)Forest habitats on south or southwest slopes, 2)small clearings near ponds, 3)along forest roads or utility right-of-ways, and 4)at the edge of forests. Below is a copy of their bat house design: Illustration by Linda Olliver. Reprinted with permission from NSTA Publications, Nov/Dec 1998, from Dragonfly, National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201-3000 Bat House Building Click on the image below to get a larger version of the diagram below. Design provided by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Bat House Building

Forget about the bug spray. If you really want to control insects in your back yard or farm, build a bat house.

The design is extremely important. Of the eight common types, the tallest and widest houses perform the best.

J. MacGregor and D. Dourson of the Daniel Boone National Forest said that the best results are to locate houses in 1)Forest habitats on south or southwest slopes, 2)small clearings near ponds, 3)along forest roads or utility right-of-ways, and 4)at the edge of forests.

Below is a copy of their bat house design:

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Illustration by Linda Olliver. Reprinted with permission from NSTA Publications, Nov/Dec 1998, from Dragonfly, National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201-3000

Bat House Building
Click on the image below to get a larger version of the diagram below. Design provided by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
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