Bats play an important role in our ecosystem by eating millions of insects in a night.
Nature's bug zappers, a single bat can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in one hour. And, in North America, natural bat habitat is diminishing. This lack of habitat makes bat survival more difficult. Providing a bat house in your backyard is one way to provide roosting space for bats when natural habitat is scarce. When selecting a bat house, it is important to select a house that meets the needs of the bats.