Got Bats in the Belfry? Here's What to Do!
March through September is the active time for bats in Ohio. Ohio’s 11 species spend their summer hours like every other species in Ohio – feeding and reproducing. There is no question Ohioans benefit from the feeding of bats – a single bat can consume over 1000 mosquito-sized insects in one night.
The reproduction side of things however, can sometimes cause an issue…especially if the result is a colony of bats in the home. Two Ohio bat species will commonly share living space with humans; the little brown bat and the big brown bat. The females of both of these species form...