Brown Bats In Attic

These bats are the speed demons of the bat world achieving flights speeds of 40 miles per hour.

Brown bats in attic.

How to identify the big brown bat. Little brown bats myotis lucifugus have a wingspan of approximately 8 inches and weigh less than half an ounce. Big brown bats eptesicus fuscus can grow to be twice the size of little brown bats. Little brown bats will hibernate during the winter months in a cool dark secluded place like an abandoned mine cave or attic.

There are two species of bat that can infest your residence little brown bats and big brown bats. They adapt well to a variety of. Bats depending on the species tend to reside either in your attic or in your walls. Check for dark brown stains around your roofline dormers vents and roof trim.

Little brown bats are known for migrating back and forth between attics where they spend spring and summer and caves where they hibernate for winter. These bats prefer insects with aquatic life stages so roosts will often be found near water. Males typically roost individually but female brown bats of both sizes form colonies in attics or barns when they are preparing to give birth. The guano for the little brown bat measures only about 0 3cm on average.

They can also live long lives hopefully not as freeloaders in your space of up to 20 years. Bats can squeeze into tiny cracks so if you see brown staining around even the smallest crevice odds are it is the entry point a colony of bats has claimed as their key to free rental space. The big brown bat is just the larger counterpart to the little brown bat.